Saturn’s largest moon is covered in seas and lakes of liquid hydrocarbons – and one sea has now been found to be filled with pure methane, with a seabed covered by a sludge of organic-rich material, and possibly surrounded by wetlands.
Tag: ESA
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FLY Your Satellite!
The 3 student Cubesats launched with Sentinel-1 on 25 April have phoned home. Follow their progress -
Space Microscope to test universality of freefall
France’s Microscope satellite, carrying a set of ESA high-tech thrusters, lifted off last night from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, taking advantage of the same Soyuz launch that took the EU’s Sentinel-1B into orbit.
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Revisit the launch event
From ESA’s ESRIN centre for Earth observation in Italy, watch the replay of the event celebrating Sentinel-1B -
Launch replay
Watch the replay of the Sentinel-1B launch coverage from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 25 April -
Sentinel-1B launched to complete radar pair
The second Sentinel-1 satellite – Sentinel-1B – was launched today to provide more ‘radar vision’ for Europe’s environmental Copernicus programme.
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Sentinel-1B liftoff
Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket together with three Fly Your Satellite! CubeSats and the CNES Microscope satellite -
Launch delay due to anomaly
Following an anomaly observed during the countdown for the launch of Soyuz flight VS14 carrying Sentinel-1B, the countdown was halted.
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Hubble’s birthday bubble
Space science image of the week: A massive star has blown a giant bubble in space – and Hubble has finally seen it all -
Sentinel-1B liftoff delayed another 24 hours
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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ESA’s guide to the Moon
Explore the why and how of lunar exploration in this comprehensive web documentary -
Sentinel-1B launch postponed
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.
