Soyuz STA/Fregat | Sentinel-1B
Soyuz Launch Complex
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Sentinel-1B
Sentinel-1 is a two satellite constellation for land and ocean monitoring. C-band imaging will provide an all-weather day-and-night supply of imagery for Copernicus user services. This is the second and last satellite launched of the pair.
Soyuz STA Fregat
Height 46.30 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 2810 kg
Liftoff Thrust 0 kN
Diameter 2.95 Meters
Mass To LEO 7020 kg
Liftoff Mass 312 Tonnes
Launch Success 8
Consecutive Success 8
Maiden Flight 2011-12-17
Launch Failures 0
Programs
Copernicus
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States. It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.
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