Farewell, Cluster: Trailblazing Mission Ends in Brilliant Fireball Over the South Pacific

ESA’s Cluster satellite, Salsa, marked a pioneering moment with a targeted reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, reducing space debris and enhancing our understanding of space weather dynamics. This historic reentry concludes a 24-year mission that revealed critical insights about Earth’s magnetosphere and its interaction with solar winds, paving the way for future missions to enhance global […]

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