Aeolus teams ready for space
(WorldNews Europe)

Aeolus teams ready for space 17 August 2018 The teams responsible for flying the Aeolus satellite completed a pre-launch `dress rehearsal` at ESA`s ESOC operations centre in Darmstadt today, the last major step in getting ready for next Tuesday`s liftoff. Experts in mission operations, flight dynamics, ground stations and software systems worked together with counterparts in the Jupiter Control Room on the far side of the Atlantic at Europe`s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, to practise the pre-launch and liftoff sequence. This full-scale dress rehearsal for launch came one day after the final simulation covering early operations in space - leaving ESA ready to fly Europe`s wind...