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21:20:08
Wednesday August 22, 2018
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Flight VV12.
Aeolus, or, in full, Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Aeolus, is an Earth observation satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space. ADM-Aeolus will be the first satellite with equipment capable of performing global wind-component-profile observation and will provide much-needed information to improve weather forecasting. Aeolus will be the first satellite capable of observing what the winds are doing on Earth, from the surface of the planet and into the stratosphere 30 km high.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
1,357 kilograms
12th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2018
260th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2018
66th
Orbital launch attempt