Farewell, Aeolus: Doomed ESA weather sat reenters atmosphere over Antarctica
Not quite a controlled deorbit but not an uncontrolled one, either
Video The European Space Agency’s Aeolus weather satellite has reentered Earth’s atmosphere after engineers sent their final commands to destroy the hardware. The machine, or whatever remains of it, was expected to crash into the Atlantic Ocean.…
Author: Katyanna Quach. [Source Link (*), The Register]