ESA Euronews: A satellite's story

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Everything must come to an end – including satellites. After 16 years of loyal service observing Earth, the ERS-2 satellite has retired.
This edition of Space tells the life story of the venerable satellite.

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ESA
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Documentary
Observing the Earth
ERS-1 ERS-2
Frank-Jürgen Diekmann (ESA) Johnny Johannessen Knut-Frode Dagerstad Ola Johannessen Volker Liebig Wolfgang Lengert (ESA)
Envisat Satellite ERS-1 Satellite ERS-2 Satellite
ESOC ESRIN
Drilling Monitoring Orbiting Working
Accuracy Altimetry Antenna Ariane Ariane 4 launches Earth observation Glaciers Global warming Ice Icebreaker Launch Ocean Radar Satellites Simulation Topographic Survey Trajectory
ESA Euronews

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