Observing Samba and Tango’s reentries

The final two of ESA’s pioneering Cluster spacecraft, Samba and Tango, will end their journeys as they burn up in our atmosphere on 31 August and 1 September respectively. Their targeted reentries mark the end of a mission that has transformed our understanding of Earth’s magnetic environment. The final moments also offer a rare scientific opportunity for reentry observations from a plane.