LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Mar 07 2017

Arianespace

Sentinel-2A

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(1:49 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(1:49 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(1:49 AM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Vega

Vega is an expendable launch system in use by Arianespace jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA).

Type: Earth Science
Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europeâ€™s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. It's a satellite constellation of two identical spacecrafts, Sentinel-2A and -2B. Both carry an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation.

Location

Kourou, French Guiana

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 1