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A plane captures the first photo of a spacecraft reentering the Earth's atmosphere

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A plane has captured the first photo of a spacecraft reentering the Earth 's atmosphere from a high-speed orbit as it flew over the South Pacific Ocean .

The first of the European Space Agency's Cluster satellites named Salsa made its final journey to Earth on September 8 .

The four satellites that make up the cluster have spent their time in orbit dipping in and out of the planet's magnetic field, investigating how the Sun and Earth interact.

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English

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