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Aeolus at the top of the tower
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Aeolus at the top of the tower

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The Aeolus upper composite arrives at the top of the launch tower at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Here it is joined to the rest of the Vega rocket. Aeolus will be taken into orbit on a Vega rocket. 

Aeolus carries one of the most sophisticated instruments ever to be put into orbit. The first of its kind, the Aladin instrument includes revolutionary laser technology to generate pulses of ultraviolet light that are beamed down into the atmosphere to profile the world’s winds – a completely new approach to measuring the wind from space.

  • ESA–M. Pedoussaut
  • Observing the Earth
  • Aeolus
  • Kourou French Guiana European Spaceport
  • Launching
  • Satellites Launch
Aeolus arrives at launch tower
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Aeolus arrives at launch tower

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Aeolus meets Vega
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Aeolus meets Vega

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Aeolus and Vega are one
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Aeolus and Vega are one

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hoisted into the launch tower
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Aeolus hoisted into the launch tower

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Aeolus in the launch tower
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Aeolus in the launch tower

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