Category: News

The 3 student Cubesats launched with Sentinel-1 on 25 April have phoned home. Follow their progress

From ESA’s ESRIN centre for Earth observation in Italy, watch the replay of the event celebrating Sentinel-1B

Watch the replay of the Sentinel-1B launch coverage from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 25 April

The second Sentinel-1 satellite – Sentinel-1B – was launched today to provide more ‘radar vision’ for Europe’s environmental Copernicus programme.

Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket together with three Fly Your Satellite! CubeSats and the CNES Microscope satellite

Following an anomaly observed during the countdown for the launch of Soyuz flight VS14 carrying Sentinel-1B, the countdown was halted. 

The latest meteorological observations indicate a ‘red’ weather conditions for the time of liftoff, initially set for Saturday 23 April 2016, therefore Arianespace has decided not to undertake final fueling operations with the launcher.

The launch vehicle and its payloads have been placed in stand-by mode, and maintained in fully safe conditions.

The new launch date is now set for Sunday 24 April 2016, at the precise moment of:

• 06:02:13 p.m., (Local time in French Guiana)
• 05:02:13 p.m., (in Washington, D.C.)
• 09:02:13 p.m., (UTC)
• 11:02:13 p.m., (in Paris)
• 00:02:13 a.m., (in Moscow) on April 24.

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During the technical review prior to the start of Soyuz fueling, the availability of the launcher, satellites, ground facilities and the launch base was confirmed.

Our week through the lens:
18-22 April 2016

Discover how the Sentinel-1 mission uses its radar to make our lives safer

This new video from ESA’s Herschel space observatory reveals in stunning detail the intricate pattern of gas, dust and star-forming hubs along the plane of our Galaxy, the Milky Way.

Earth observation image of the week: A Sentinel-1A image of Iran