ESA s Aeolus satellite has been particularly tricky to build

[G+_George Kozi]

Originally shared by European Space Agency, ESA

 

ESA’s Aeolus satellite has been particularly tricky to build. One of the main stumbling blocks has been getting its lasers to work in a vacuum, but recent tests on the satellite show that the vacuum or temperature of space won’t get in the way of #Aeolus measuring Earth’s winds.

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Aeolus/Wind_satellite_survives_vacuum