ESA's wind-measuring Aeolus satellite was spotted before its flaming demise over Antarctica.
Scientists reconstruct Aeolus satellite's fiery fall to Earth from space
The images provided the last glimpses of Aeolus. The colors indicate the intensity of radar signals bounced off the spacecraft. To produce them, the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany used its 112-feet-diameter TIRA radar antenna to track Aeolus for about four minutes on Aug. 28, shortly after the spacecraft had received its final orders to lower its orbit and switch off its instruments. , causing it to reenter two hours later.
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