The European Space Agency’s defunct 5,550 pound ERS-2 satellite is expected to break into pieces and disintegrate upon arrival, expected around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Rocket Lab will launch a pair of European navigation technology demonstration satellites, as Europe again is forced to look ...

The European Commission made a proposal Wednesday to clean up Europe's space sector while also reducing its footprint and ...

This European Space Agency satellite is on a mission for destruction To study how satellites disintegrate on reentry into the atmosphere, and to limit the amount of debris falling back to Earth in ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has commenced the development of a new subscription-based space mobility service called Omega. This service aims to ease up satellite launch and management. As per ...

After tracking the dead satellite, the European Space Agency confirmed the satellite had returned to earth by about 2:30 p.m. ET. The Agency launched the Heritage ERS-2 satellite in 1995 after its ...

The space agency said the satellite launched with a mass of 2,526 kilograms and now, depleted of fuel, has an estimated mass of 2,294 kilograms, which is roughly 5,054 pounds. Try not to let that ...

ERS-2, a satellite commissioned by the European Space Agency nearly 30 years ago, is set to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere this morning—though the ESA said this poses an extremely low risk to ...

The European Space Agency said Thursday that it is using artificial intelligence for satellite navigation. The engineering teams of the agency's NAVISP program are working with European industry ...

The European Space Agency said Friday it will attempt to guide a falling 3,000-pound satellite through the Earth's atmosphere to make sure it completely burns up over the Atlantic Ocean.

Europe’s space agency will destroy a brand-new satellite in 2027 just to see what happens. The DRACO mission is part of the ESA’s plan to stop creating more space debris.