Animation Depicts Satellite's Final Moments During Groundbreaking 'Assisted' Reentry

The Aeolis satellite's intentional destruction in Earth's atmosphere marks a significant milestone in the quest to ensure a safe low Earth orbit.

illustrates the possible final moments of the spacecraft. The simulation, made with the SCARAB tool, is based on a model of the Aeolus spacecraft that took the satellite’s shape, size, mass, and materials into consideration, along with the principles of aerothermodynamics.

Without intervention, it would continue its uncontrolled descent and eventually burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, with debris falling unpredictably in undesignated locations.To prevent potential risks to people and property below, ESA decided to deliberately crash the satellite into Earth’s atmosphere, but in a controlled manner. For an entire week, mission controllers guided the satellite to its doom, allowing most of it to burn up during reentry.

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