This computation involved: deployed on European Remote Sensing satellite 2 (ERS-2). European Remote Sensing satellite Two (ERS-2), successor and nearly identical to ERS-1. It follows the same orbit as ERS-1 and was launched in April 1995.

ERS-2 was nearly identical to ERS-1. The platform is based on the design developed for the French SPOT satellite. Payload electronics accommodated in a box-shaped housing on the platform; antennas fitted to a bearing structure.
ERS-2 carries the following instruments:

AMI - active microwave instrument consisting of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and a wind scatterometer (both in the C-band).
RA- radar altimeter: takes precise measurements of the distance from the ocean surface and of wave heights.
ATSR - along-track scanning radiometer (operating in the infra-red and visible ranges): measures sea surface temperatures and the vegetation cover of land surfaces.
GOME - global ozone monitoring experiment, an absorption spectrometer which measures the presence of ozone, trace gases and aerosols in the stratosphere and troposphere.
MS - microwave sounder: supplies data on atmospheric humidity.
PRARE - precise range and range rate equipment: ERS orbit and trajectory determination.
LRR - laser reflector: determines satellite position using ground-based laser stations.
IDHT - instrument data handling and transmission: temporary on-board data storage by means of two 6.5 GBit tape recorders, equivalent to the data volume acquired in one orbit. Recording, formatting and transmission of data at 105 Mbit/s (transmission of SAR imaging data in real time), or 15 Mbit/s (transfer from tape recorder).