Vega | Sentinel-2C
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Sentinel-2C
Sentinel-2C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-2 constellation, which is designed to provide high-resolution optical imagery for land services.
Vega
Height 29.90 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2974 kN
Diameter 3.03 Meters
Mass To LEO 1500 kg
Liftoff Mass 137 Tonnes
Launch Success 20
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 2012-02-13
Launch Failures 2
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-05T03:20:00+0000
Sentinel-2C signals acquired.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-05T02:53:00+0000
Sentinel-2C separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-05T01:50:00+0000
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-05T01:41:00+0000
Tweaked T-0.
LL2
2024-09-05T01:12:00+0000
Official Webcast by arianespace has started
Nosu
2024-09-04T06:16:11+0000
Setting GO
SwGustav
2024-09-04T00:40:40+0000
Scrubbed due to ground electrical issues
Nosu
2024-08-28T08:32:41+0000
Adding seconds to T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-31T16:05:04+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-14T14:31:35+0000
NET September 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-05T14:41:45+0000
Launcher swapped with one for Sentinel-2C in summer 2023.
Nosu
2022-11-29T16:04:57+0000
Adding launch mid-2024
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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Watch Sentinel-2C launch live on the final Vega rocket
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Sentinel-2C: ready for liftoff
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Arianespace CEO Declines to Comment on How Avio Replaced Vega Propellants Tanks
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Sentinel-2C pre-launch media briefing
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Sentinel-2C in the Vega launch tower
2024-08-23T11:23:00+0000
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Sentinel-2C sealed in the Vega rocket fairing
2024-08-19T16:30:00+0000
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Sentinel-2C fully loaded
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Sentinel-2C arrives in French Guiana
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Payload for Final Vega Flight Aboard Ariane 6 Transport Headed to Kourou
2024-07-03T18:56:22+0000
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Sentinel-2C ready for transatlantic trip to farewell Vega launch
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2023-12-14T18:39:35+0000
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Final Vega launch delayed because of upper stage tank problem
2022-11-30T11:14:42+0000
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