After spending over a decade on a mission in space, a now-defunct satellite is projected to return to Earth on Wednesday.
ERS-2, one of the European Space Agency’s first advanced Earth observing satellites, will make a “natural” reentry after staying in space for 16 years. According to live updates from the ESA, the agency now predicts the satellite will reenter the atmosphere on Wednesday around 10:41 a.m. EST, with an uncertainty of plus-or-minus 1.44 hours (1 …