An illustration of three of the four satellites that make up the Cluster mission, which monitors Earth’s magnetic field
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Scientists will watch from a private jet as the half-tonne satellite falls to Earth to better understand how debris breaks up in the atmosphere.
The satellite is one of four in a constellation called Cluster, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) to monitor how the Earth’s magnetic field interacts with the Sun’s solar wind. Nicknamed Rumba, Salsa, Samba and Tango, the satellites spin like dancers…
