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The "Envisat" satellite will "Live" three years more thanks to its transfer in a lower orbit

Noordwijk, Holland - The move has just been completed. Normal activities of Earth observation are now resuming

To make the Earth observation satellite "Envisat" last a few more years, engineers from ESTEC, the European Space Research and Technology Centre of ESA, the European Space Agency have decided to change its position, moving it to a lower orbit, bringing it 17 km down (from 800 to 783). The project, called "Envisat 2010 +", was developed to allow the satellite a considerable fuel saving and a consequent...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1122320
Rome, Italy, 10/28/2010 16:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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