"Uncontrolled Reentry: Massive Satellite Plunging Towards Earth This Week"
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The European Space Agency's defunct ERS-2 satellite, the size of a school bus, is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere and disintegrate, with any remaining fragments likely falling into the ocean. The satellite, launched in 1995, provided valuable data about Earth's oceans, continents, and natural disasters before being taken out of orbit in 2011. Its uncontrolled reentry poses low risks, and the exact time and location of its descent are unpredictable.
- Out-of-control satellite hurtling toward Earth after decades in space New York Post
- School bus-sized satellite to come crashing into Earth's atmosphere this week Fox Weather
- Big, doomed satellite seen from space as it tumbles towards a fiery reentry on Feb. 21 (photos) Space.com
- Dead satellite return to Earth predicted for this week USA TODAY
- A big European satellite will make an uncontrolled return to Earth Wednesday Ars Technica
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