Earth orbit
ADM-Aeolus
Part of the European Space Agency's Living Planet Programme, Aeolus will provide meteorologists with wind-profile data. The satellite will operate from Sun-synchronous orbit.
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View in 3D map ↗The mission
Part of the European Space Agency's Living Planet Programme, Aeolus will provide meteorologists with wind-profile data. The satellite will operate from Sun-synchronous orbit.
The launch
- Launch
- Aug 22 2018
- Launch location
- ELV, Guiana Space Centre
- Launch vehicle
- Vega
- Orbit
- Earth orbit
Launch intelligence
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the ADM-Aeolus mission on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 9:21 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Arianespace
- Vehicle
- Vega
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2018-066
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Aug 22, 2018, 21:21 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Aug 22 2018
- Pad and location
- ELV, Guiana Space Centre
Humid and Partly Cloudy Temp: 76.82F Wind: 22.11mph
- Temperature
- 76°F
- Forecast updated
- Aug 22, 2018, 12:06 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
End date not documented
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
Gallery
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