Arianespace

Sentinel-2B

Vega

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 · 01:49 UTC

Mission

/01

Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europe’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.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Vega

Launch Pad

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

5.236° N, 52.775° W

35

Pad Launches

269

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254

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14

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