The European Space Agency’s (ESA) European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-2) returned to Earth after nearly 30 years in orbit on Wednesday, February 21. According to the official, the probe passed through the atmosphere and sank into the North Pacific Ocean. Web site ESA.
According to the space agency, the satellite’s debris was expected to fall into the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands. ESA has guaranteed that ERS-2 materials do not contain radioactive or toxic substances.
ERS-2 was launched into space in April 1995 and operated until September 2011. The device was developed to collect data on Earth’s land, glaciers and oceans, as well as monitor the effects of natural disasters. The probe itself was the size of a passenger bus and weighed 2516 kilograms. After all the fuel was consumed, the ship’s weight dropped to 2294 kilograms.
After completing its mission to probe the planet, the device began a gradual descent that lasted almost 13 years. At this stage, ESA experts could no longer control the satellite because it ran out of fuel and all electronic systems were turned off.
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