27 FEB. 2004
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2004: On 30 January 2004, ESA's Envisat satellite completed its ten thousandth orbit around Earth.
Envisat, an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite which provides measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land and ice, was launched in March 2002.
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26 January
1978: On 26 January 1978, ESA launched IUE, the world's longest-lived and most productive satellite.
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