spacecraft was built by Airbus Defence and Space. In 2014, the integration of ALADIN instrument was completed and vacuum along with vibration testing begun. On 7 September 2016, ESA and Arianespace signed a contract to secure the launch of the Aeolus satellite.

Scientific payload

The wind-component profiles was measured by the Atmospheric LAser Doppler INstrument (ALADIN).

ALADIN

The ALADIN instrument (Atmospheric Laser

1.Previous
3.Next