AEOLUS
2018-08-22
Satellite information AEOLUS
| Spacetrack Directory Name | AEOLUS |
| Orbit launches |
2018-08-22 |
| Country/organisation of origin | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Starting point | FRGUI (Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana) |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 307 km/h |
| Apogee | 316 km |
Additional information AEOLUS
Aeolus, or, in full, Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Aeolus (ADM-Aeolus), is an Earth observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). It was built by Airbus Defence and Space and launched on 22 August 2018. ADM-Aeolus is the first satellite with equipment capable of performing global wind-component-profile observation and will provide much-needed information to improve weather forecasting. Aeolus is the first satellite capable of observing what the winds are doing on Earth, from the surface of the planet and into the stratosphere 30 km high.
The orbiter was named after Aeolus, a god from the Greek mythology, the ruler of the winds.
