CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0235
ERS 2
ERS 2 (NORAD 23560) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 2024 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 28 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23560
International designator
1995-021A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
European Space Agency
Launched
21 Apr 1995Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 2024Recorded time 17:17 UTC
Time in orbit
28 years, 10 months10,533 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
Mass
2,700 kg
Operator
ESA
Built by
MMS/Toulouse
Bus
SPOT
Programme
ESA ERS
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 37.4°N, 151.9°W at 17:17 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
28 years, 10 monthsERS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Feb 2024
15 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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