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First Sentinel satellite in orbit

Submit on Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 22:58

Rocket: Soyuz/Fregat; Payload: Sentinel-1A; Date: 3 April 2014, 2102 UTC; Launch site: Sinnamary, French Guiana. The Earth observation satellite separated from the upper stage some 23 minutes after lift-off as planned and is now in a at 693-km Sun-synchronous orbit.

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