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Countdown to Hera: launch campaign begins at ESOC

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Hera and its CubeSats speak with mission control

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EarthCARE: to understand how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's radiation balance
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EarthCARE on cloud nine after smooth start to mission

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OPS-SAT's mission is complete
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Mission complete for ESA’s OPS-SAT flying laboratory

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Mission control GO for EarthCARE launch

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OPS-SAT reentry amateur radio campaign
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ERS-2 reentry – how and why is it happening?

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ERS-2 reentry – how and why is it happening?
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Cool upgrade for deep-space dish

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Juice manouevre lines it up for 2024 Earth-Moon flyby

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Hera asteroid mission here

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Simulating Aeolus’s demise: a bird’s eye view

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Webb and Gaia welcome Euclid to L2

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