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Re:Aeolus preparing to fly the wind mission by wereHamster on Saturday August 11, 2018 @08:29AM (#17739432)
… which means its lifetime is rather limited. It can carry only so much propellant for orbital station-keeping.
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Re:Aeolus preparing to fly the wind mission by tyldum on Saturday August 11, 2018 @10:42AM (#17739840)
Designed to last 3 years. Previous low orbiting missions like GOCE demonstrated that the drag was less than expected so I would not be surprised if it went beyond 3 years.
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Re:Aeolus preparing to fly the wind mission by robin_reala on Saturday August 11, 2018 @05:20PM (#17741605)
I’m guessing though that the data will lead to better models and hence better predictive ability even after it’s deorbited?
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