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Europe's 'grandfather' satellite providing weather information including sea temperatures and ice caps has burned up in space. The satellite, named ERS-2, weighed approximately 2 tonnes. According to the European Space Agency, ERS-2 was launched in the 90s. Their task was to explore the atmosphere, land and oceans.
However, since no one saw the satellite debris falling down, it is believed that it burned up in mid-air. The satellite had run out of fuel and the batteries were completely discharged. ERS 2 was withdrawn in 2011. Initially the height of this satellite was 780 km in space, after which scientists reduced its height to 570 km.
Experts had already expressed apprehension that the satellite would go out of control and fall to Earth. The satellite ended up in the northern Pacific Ocean, about 2,000 km from California, between western Alaska and Hawaii. This satellite of ESE was known as the grandfather of Earth observation in Europe.
