ERS-2 (COSPAR 1995-021A) satellite model - Euro Space Center (Transinne/BE)
ERS-2 (COSPAR 1995-021A), was launched on 21 April 1995, on an Ariane 4, from ESA's Guiana Space Centre near Kourou, French Guiana. ERS-2 is ESA's second EO mission, (after ERS-1) and was launched in 1995. Both carry a comprehensive payload including a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and a radar altimeter for studying sea surface temperatures and winds; ERS-2 additionally carries a sensor for atmospheric ozone research. When they were launched, the two ERS satellites were the most sophisticated EO spacecraft ever developed and launched in Europe.
In March 2000, a computer and gyro control failure led to the end of ERS-1's mission. The ERS-2 mission has however continued to be a great success, lasting well beyond its original three year design lifetime and overcoming critical on-board problems. The ERS-2 has already surpassed more than 82 000 orbits at the end of 2010. The mission ended on 5 September with the 'passivation' and switch-off of ERS-2..
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Transinne - Euro Space Center
Euro Space Center - a science museum and educational tourist attraction located in Transinne, Belgium. It is devoted to space science and astronautics. The centre includes simulators of space flight and micro-gravity, various space craft models and space exploration objects. It is also the home of the only full-scale mock-up of a U.S. Space Shuttle existing in Europe, named Amicitia.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_Space_Center.
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Richard Poppelaars
About Pixels Photography: #ESA #satellite #EuroSpaceCenter #Transinne #BE
ERS-2 (COSPAR 1995-021A) satellite model - Euro Space Center (Transinne/BE)
ERS-2 (COSPAR 1995-021A), was launched on 21 April 1995, on an Ariane 4, from ESA's Guiana Space Centre near Kourou, French Guiana. ERS-2 is ESA's second EO mission, (after ERS-1) and was launched in 1995. Both carry a comprehensive payload including a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and a radar altimeter for studying sea surface temperatures and winds; ERS-2 additionally carries a sensor for atmospheric ozone research. When they were launched, the two ERS satellites were the most sophisticated EO spacecraft ever developed and launched in Europe.
In March 2000, a computer and gyro control failure led to the end of ERS-1's mission. The ERS-2 mission has however continued to be a great success, lasting well beyond its original three year design lifetime and overcoming critical on-board problems. The ERS-2 has already surpassed more than 82 000 orbits at the end of 2010. The mission ended on 5 September with the 'passivation' and switch-off of ERS-2..
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Transinne - Euro Space Center
Euro Space Center - a science museum and educational tourist attraction located in Transinne, Belgium. It is devoted to space science and astronautics. The centre includes simulators of space flight and micro-gravity, various space craft models and space exploration objects. It is also the home of the only full-scale mock-up of a U.S. Space Shuttle existing in Europe, named Amicitia.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_Space_Center.
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Richard Poppelaars
About Pixels Photography: #ESA #satellite #EuroSpaceCenter #Transinne #BE