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| 01 Sep 2026, 9:32 PM | The Register | 2.0 | ESA's Cluster quartet prepares for its final Tango
ESA's Cluster II satellite quartet, launched in 2000 on a two-year magnetosphere study mission, is ending after 26 years. Samba reentered on Aug 31, 2026, with Tango expected to follow tonight; Salsa and Rumba reentered in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Engineers kept the spacecraft operational long after battery failures by devising controlled restart procedures each time satellites passed through Earth's shadow. Why: This is a space science mission retirement story with no direct impact on AI/ML, developer tooling, startups, or Malaysian tech infrastructure. The engineering workaround of recovering spacecraft from uncontrolled shutdowns is a notable ops resilience story, but it does not require any action or decision from this audience. |