Vega – the smallest in Europe’s line of launch vehicle – lit up the night skies over the edge of the Amazon on Monday, thundering off to lift the newest member in the Copernicus constellation to orbit, taking the pulse of an ever-changing planet with a series of active observation posts circling the Earth.
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Europe’s Vega rocket blasted off from the ZLV launch site at the Guiana Space Center at 1:49 UTC on March 7, 2017, racing into the night skies over the space base to lift the Sentinel-2B satellite into orbit for the European Copernicus Program tasked with the collection of complete, timely and accurate Earth observation parameters.
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Vega – the smallest in Europe’s line of launch vehicles – lit up the night skies over the edge of the Amazon on Monday, thundering off to lift the newest member in the Copernicus constellation to orbit, taking the pulse of an ever-changing planet with a series of active observation posts circling the Earth.
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Europe’s Copernicus Earth Observation Constellation will welcome its newest member Monday night when the Sentinel-2B satellite blasts off from the Guiana Space Center atop a Vega Rocket, blazing into orbit to cut in half the revisit time for multispectral images.
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The Sentinel-2B satellite, encapsulated in its protective payload fairing, is hoisted up to take its position atop the ninth Vega rocket to take flight from the Guiana Space Center, supporting Europe’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program.
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The ninth Vega rocket to blast off from the Guiana Space Center undergoes assembly at the ZLV launch complex in preparation for liftoff with the Sentinel-2B satellite, set to join Europe’s Copernicus satellite fleet tasked with capturing a comprehensive set of Earth observation parameters for a variety of applications.
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Europe’s Sentinel-2B satellite completes pre-launch processing tasks at the Guiana Space Center, being fueled for flight, taking its spot atop the Vega payload adapter and being encapsulated in the protective payload fairing in preparation to be installed atop its ride to space.
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Europe’s Sentinel-2B satellite undergoes final checkouts at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands prior to shipment to the Guiana Space Center for liftoff atop a Vega rocket to join the Copernicus satellite fleet tasked with collecting a comprehensive set of Earth observation parameters for application in a variety of areas.
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Videos: Vega VV09 Mission Overview
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