Tag: Earth Explorer

  • Pioneering European winds observatory launched aboard Vega rocket

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    A Vega rocket lifted off Wednesday from French Guiana with the European Space Agency’s Aeolus Earth science mission. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A European satellite hosting a spaceborne laser crafted to measure winds in Earth’s atmosphere rode a Vega launcher into orbit Wednesday from French Guiana, a thundering…

  • Live coverage: Vega rocket lifts off with European winds observatory

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the European Space Agency’s Aeolus winds observatory. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s video webcast is scheduled to begin at approximately 2100 GMT (5 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, and will be available on this page.

  • Vega launch timeline with Aeolus

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    The European Space Agency’s Aeolus winds observatory is set for liftoff aboard a Vega rocket to kick off a three-year mission to measure global wind profiles from an orbit nearly 200 miles (320 kilometers) above Earth. The ascent will take nearly an hour following launch from French Guiana at 2120:09 GMT (5:20:09 p.m. EDT; 6:20:09 p.m. French…

  • First-of-its-kind satellite to measure global winds finally ready for liftoff

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    Artist’s concept of the Aeolus satellite in orbit. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab The European Space Agency’s $550 million Aeolus science mission, the product of a drawn-out 16-year development effort that required engineers to master new technologies, is in the starting blocks on a launch pad in French Guiana awaiting liftoff Wednesday to monitor wind speeds from…

  • Vega launch delayed 24 hours

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    The European Space Agency’s Aeolus satellite, covered in a payload shroud, was lifted atop its Vega launcher in French Guiana earlier this month. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon The liftoff of a European satellite to measure global wind fields has been delayed 24 hours to Wednesday in hopes of…

  • Europe to develop satellite to map plant fluorescence

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    Artist’s concept of the FLEX satellite, in formation with a Sentinel satellite in the background, measuring plant fluorescence from orbit. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab The European Space Agency has selected a satellite mission to monitor the health of global vegetation over an atmospheric research project to track carbon in Earth’s atmosphere, officials announced Thursday. The competition…