Category: News of the other missions

ERS-2 is put out of service by bringing to a lower orbit. The end of 16 years of valuable data.

Launched in April 1995, the ESA's ERS-2 is being retired by bringing down to a lower orbit. These deorbiting procedures are done while the fuel is still sufficient to make the careful manoeuvres. ERS-2 spent more than 16 years to collect a wealth of data on the oceans, land surfaces and polar caps. It worked in tandem with its predecessor ERS-1 from 1995 and Envisat follows-on him from 2002.

Further information:

• Missions: <link internal-link>ERS-2
• Esa's website: <link http: www.esa.int esacp sem3ip6tlpg_index_0.html _blank external-link-new-window>Pioneering ERS environment satellite retires