08/09/2016 (Agence Europe) – Arianespace announced in a press release on 7 September that it has signed a contract for launching into orbit, in the second half of 2017, the ADM-Aeolus satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA) using the Vega launcher. The satellite will carry out key work as part of the European Earth Explorer programme. It will observe wind at global level from space, gaining further details over time of the characteristics of wind at planetary level and...