All is ready to observe Salsa’s reentry from the air at 18:48 UTC, Sunday 8 September

Tomorrow, 8 September 2024, Salsa (Cluster 2), one of four satellites that make up ESA’s Cluster mission, will reenter Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean at 18:48 UTC / 20:48 CEST, with two minutes uncertainty either way. The teams at ESA’s operations centre ESOC and in Easter Island are continuing the preparations for the reentry and the attempt to observe it from a plane. Over the last days, the team of reentry scientists that will attempt the airborne observation experiment has..