Claims: ESA's Cluster quartet prepares for its final Tango
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- title: ESA's Cluster quartet prepares for its final Tango Source
- url: https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/09/01/esas-cluster-quartet-prepares-for-its-final-tango/5293619 Source
- summary: The European Space Agency's Cluster quartet is preparing for its final bow after Samba reentered Earth's atmosphere, with Tango due to follow tonight. Samba lost contact at 21:26 UTC on August 31 and reentered at 21:39:38 UTC. Tango is expected to follow at 21:30:31 UTC tonight. The other two satellites, Rumba and Salsa, reentered in 2025 and 2024, respectively. The final reentries close the book on a prodigiously long-lived quartet that exceeded even optimistic expectations, thanks in no small… Source
- published: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:32:00 +0200 Source