The ESA's Salsa satellite will plummet back to Earth this evening

The European Space Agency hope to get rare insights on how we can best reduce space debris in future when the Cluster satellite returns to Earth.

Artist impressions issued by European Space Agency of satellite Salsa re-entering Earth after 24 years in space An aging satellite made partly by UK scientists will plunge back to Earth tonight. The European satellite Salsa is due to reenter our atmosphere at 7.48pm UK time, where it will burn up, leaving a fiery trail and giving rare clues about how we can reduce space debris in future.

Keeping the satellites operational came with numerous challenges, from performing tricky space manoeuvres and dealing with dying batteries to fixing unexpected IT bugs. The mission has been helping scientists uncover the mysteries of the Earth’s powerful magnetic shield known as the magnetosphere, which protects the planet from the stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun known as the solar wind.

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