On this day in 2000 - August 9th - the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the second pair of Cluster satellites.

They completed the four-satellite constellation of the Cluster II mission, which is still making the most detailed investigation yet of how the Sun and Earth interact.


Mona Evans
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