A Rockot/Briz-KM launch vehicle lifted off from Site 133/3 at Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome on April 25, 2018 at 17:57:52 UTC with the Sentinel-3B satellite set to join Europe’s Copernicus Constellation as its seventh member.
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Europe’s Sentinel3B Satellite, set to become the newest addition to the Copernicus satellite fleet, arrives at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in
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A Russian Rockot launch vehicle lifted off from Site 133/3 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 9:27:44 UTC on Friday, October 13, 2017 with the Sentinel-5P satellite
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Europe’s Sentinel-5P atmospheric monitoring satellite is shipped out from Airbus Defence & Space to its Plesetsk launch site in northern
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The Sentinel-5P atmospheric monitoring satellite finishes assembly and testing for launch in 2017 to act as a gapfiller mission, ensuring a critical atmospheric data record remains uninterrupted for climate research and operational applications such as pollution monitoring.
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Photos courtesy of Eurockot Launch Services – http://www.eurockot.com/ – depicting the activities of the Sentinel-5P launch campaign at the Plesetsk
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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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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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Finally lifting off on its fourth launch attempt, a Russian-built Soyuz rocket successfully carried Europe’s Sentinel-1B satellite into orbit on Monday ahead of a four-hour secondary mission to deliver the French MicroSCOPE satellite and three University CubeSats.
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The Sentinel-1B satellite is readied for liftoff atop a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center to join the Copernicus Satellite Fleet dedicated to operational Earth Observations.
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A Russian Rockot Booster lifts off from an above-ground launch container at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 to lift Europe’s Sentinel-3A Earth observation satellite to orbit
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