Aeolus liftoff replay
ESA’s Earth Explorer Aeolus satellite lifted off on a Vega rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 21:20 GMT (23:20 CEST, 18:20 local time) on 22 August 2018. Aeolus carries one of the most sophisticated instruments ever to be put into orbit. The first of its kind, the Aladin instrument includes revolutionary laser technology to generate pulses of ultraviolet light that are beamed down into the atmosphere to profile the world’s winds – a completely new approach to measuring the wind from space. By profiling the lowermost 30 km of the atmosphere, Aeolus will give scientists global information on the speed of the wind in near-real time. This will improve our understanding of how wind, pressure, temperature and humidity are interlinked. This new mission will also provide insight into how the wind influences the exchange of heat and moisture between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere. These aspects are important for understanding climate change. As well as advancing science and improving weather forecasts, data from Aeolus will be used in air-quality models to improve forecasts of dust and other airborne particles that affect public health.
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Vega is just nice to watch. This thing runs….. Maybe the most spectacular rocket to watch lift of. Its like an invisible gun would fire this thing upwards. Baaang and its running blazing fast in the sky.
ESA launches. No fuss. No pandering to those who only look on these things just as entertainment, many of them just waiting to spout their messages of hate in support of their paranoid delusions about the Earth's shape. Just getting on with it efficiently and effectively.
Liebe Franzosen, gebt doch endlich zu dass ihr Englisch könnt, das Gequake versaut den ganzen Start 😅
Lift off acceleration is like beyond reason. Like going 0 to 1. Wow, we can really feel the power!
I loved this project!!!
Very fast rocket omg