Video: Vega’s Nighttime Blastoff with Sentinel-2B Earth Observer

March 7, 2017 Patrick Blau 1947 Views Copernicus, Guiana Space Center, Sentinel, Sentinel-2B

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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Video: Ariane 5 lifts off with Communications Satellite Duo

October 6, 2016 Patrick Blau 2713 Views GSAT-18, INSAT, Sky Muster II, VA231

Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket blasts off from the Guiana Space Center on October 5, 2016, carrying into orbit high-capacity communications satellites for Australia and India. The rocket’s 74th successful mission in a row ended with a secondary mission dedicated to study the behavior of supercold rocket propellants in Zero-G.