ERS-2

The European Space Agency' ERS-2 satellite will re-enter Earth's atmosphere at 15:49 UTC, 21 February, breaking up at an altitude of 80km.

The ERS-2 has been lowering its orbit since 2011 and has been spotted tumbling back to the Earth, after nearly 30 years in space.

A European Space Agency spacecraft is making an uncontrolled nosedive into Earth's atmosphere – with elements of the 2.3-ton spent satellite likely to ...

A satellite weighing about as much as an adult male rhinoceros is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere today, but scientists don't know exactly when or where.

The ERS-2 satellite will break up into pieces during re-entry, the majority of which will burn up, the European Space Agency (ESA) says · A European observation ...

An out-of-control satellite is hurtling towards Earth, nearly three decades after it first launched.

The space agency stresses the point of reentry is not certain, but it's not something you need to worry about. Here's why.

ERS-2, a satellite that revolutionized our perspective of our planet and understanding of climate change, was launched in 1995. After 13 years of orbital ...

ERS-2 expected to break up into pieces and burn as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere probably over Pacific Ocean.

ESA's second European Remote Sensing satellite, ERS-2, was launched almost 30 years ago, on 21 April 1995. Together with the almost-identical ERS-1, ...

Experts say you shouldn't worry much about being hit by falling space debris, but it can be difficult to predict where and when exactly it could land.