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SuccessSentinel-2B · Arianespace
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017, 01:49 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017, 01:49 UTC – Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017, 01:49 UTC
Provider
Arianespace
Rocket
Launch pad
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Sentinel-2A
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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.
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