{"id":788596,"date":"2024-09-08T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T14:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=788596"},"modified":"2024-09-08T09:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T14:15:55","slug":"cluster-reentry-explained-worlds-first-targeted-reentry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=788596","title":{"rendered":"Cluster reentry explained: world&#8217;s first targeted reentry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>The first of four satellites that make up ESA\u2019s\u00a0Cluster\u00a0mission is coming safely back down to Earth, marking a brilliant end to this remarkable mission.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite\u2019s orbit was tweaked back in January to target a region as far as possible from populated regions. This ensures that any spacecraft parts that survive the reentry will fall over open ocean.<\/p>\n<p>During 24 years in space, Cluster has sent back precious data on how the Sun interacts with Earth\u2019s magnetic field, helping us better understand and forecast potentially dangerous space weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With this first ever targeted reentry, Cluster goes down in history for a different reason, taking ESA well beyond international space safety standards and helping ensure the long-term sustainability of space activities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<label style=\"display: block; font-size: 0.9em; color: #8197A6; margin: 3rem 0 -1rem 0;\">Embed code<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea rows=\"4\" cols=\"60\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cluster reentry explained: world&#039;s first targeted reentry\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KFNLzU3GItE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/textarea><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Videos\/2024\/09\/Cluster_reentry_explained_world_s_first_targeted_reentry?rand=771654\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first of four satellites that make up ESA\u2019s\u00a0Cluster\u00a0mission is coming safely back down to Earth, marking a brilliant end to this remarkable mission. The satellite\u2019s orbit was tweaked back&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":788597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-788596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=788596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/788597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=788596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=788596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=788596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}