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Sentinel-1B pre-launch details

Submit on Thursday, April 14th, 2016 22:59

The Sentinel-1B satellite, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space is ready to be launched on 22 April from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, by a Soyuz-Fregat A rocket. This satellite is part of the European Commission’s vast Copernicus Earth observation programme, coordinated by the European Commission, with the European Space Agency (ESA) in charge of the space segment.

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