European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS) was the European Space Agency 's first Earth-observing satellite programme using a polar orbit. It consisted of two satellites, ERS-1 and …

Apr 21, 1995 · ERS-2 is ESA's second EO mission, (after ERS-1) and was launched in 1995. Both carry a comprehensive payload including a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and a radar …

Feb 15, 2024 · ESA’s European Remote Sensing 2 satellite (ERS-2) will reenter Earth’s atmosphere in February 2024. ERS-2 launched from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French …

Feb 5, 2024 · In 2011, ESA retired ERS-2 and began the process of deorbiting – and now it’s time for this pioneering satellite to reenter the atmosphere naturally and start to burn up. ERS-2 …

Aug 26, 2024 · Launched in April 1995, the ERS-2 was an enhancement of the previous ERS-1 mission. ERS-2 provided microwave spectrum environmental monitoring across a range of …

The ESA (European Space Agency) European Remote-Sensing Satellite (ERS) program was composed of two missions: ERS-1 and ERS-2. ERS was the first ESA Earth observation …

Feb 5, 2024 · ERS-2 was designed to shed light on Earth’s changing climate, monitor natural disasters and more. To best achieve its goals, ERS-2 was placed into a ‘Sun-synchronous’ …

Feb 5, 2024 · ESA’s ERS-2 satellite will reenter Earth’s atmosphere in February 2024. The mission launched on 21 April 1995. At the time, it was the most sophisticated Earth …

Feb 21, 2024 · The European Space Agency's (ESA) European Remote Sensing 2 (ERS-2) satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere at 12:15 EST (1715 GMT) over the Pacific Ocean.

From when it was launched on 21 April 1995, ERS-2 made 85,000 orbits, travelling 3.5 billion km. ERS was the first ESA programme in Earth observation to provide microwave spectrum-based …