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Cluster's final reentry strengthens data for safer, more sustainable satellite design
📌 概要
欧空局Cluster任务的最后一颗卫星Tango于9月1日再入大气层，任务于2024年结束后开展了再入数据收集活动。经过四次定向再入，验证了安全寿命末期处置方法，并借助载满科学家的观测飞机获取了独特的再入数据集，将助力设计更安全、更可持续的卫星。
⚡ 关键要点
- ▸Cluster末星Tango于9月1日晚再入大气层，任务正式落幕
- ▸四次定向再入验证了安全离轨处置的成熟方法
- ▸飞机观测获得的再入数据集将指导未来卫星可持续设计
The Cluster mission danced its final dance as Tango reentered the atmosphere Sept. 1 at 11:30:31 p.m. CEST. The end of the Cluster mission in 2024 marked the start of the reentry data-collection campaign. After four targeted reentries, this is now a proven method of safe end-of-life disposal. It also enabled repeated observation of the reentries by a plane full of scientists, creating a unique reentry data set that will improve our understanding of the destructive process and inform the design of safer, more sustainable satellites in the future.