European satellite set for fiery tumble into Earth’s atmosphere

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) European Remote Sensing 2 (ERS-2) satellite will take an uncontrolled, fiery plunge into the atmosphere sometime on Wednesday. Its planned re-entry is part of ESA's goal of mitigating the problem of space debris.This natural re-entry of ERS-2, launched in 1995, follows on from its 66 de-orbiting manoeuvres carried out by ESA in 2011. ESA ended the once cutting-edge satellite's operations in 2011.Quentin Verspieren, ESA senior expert on space debris, told RFI tha