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Originally designed to monitor Earth for just three years, ESA’s veteran ERS-2 satellite has completed 15 years in orbit. ERS-2 was launched on 21 April 1995 to follow on from the first European Remote-Sensing mission, ERS-1, which had been in orbit since 1991.

Honeywell announced that its flight operations support team for Landsat-5 has completed the mission’s 26th year in orbit, well beyond the planned three-year mission-life, delivering data for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The world’s first weather satellite, TIROS-1 (Television and Infrared Observation Satellite), was launched on 1 April 1960.

The U.S. Air Force’s Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) B8 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin , has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service.
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The Swedish research satellite Odin has completed nine years in orbit, the Swedish Space Corporation said.

On 14 January 2005, after a voyage through the Solar System lasting more than seven years, ESA’s Huygens probe made a flawless landing on Titan, an unparalleled achievement for the global scientific and space communities according to the spacecraft’s manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space.
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On 14 January 2005, after a voyage through the Solar System lasting more than seven years, ESA’s Huygens probe made a flawless landing on Titan, an unparalleled achievement for the global scientific and space communities according to the spacecraft’s manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space.
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The GIOVE-A satellite – the first step in Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation programme – was launched on 28 December 2005. The 660 kg spacecraft was built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) for ESA in just 30 months at a cost of just EUR28 million.
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