Vega | Sentinel-2B
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March 7, 2017, 1:49 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
March 7, 2017, 1:49 a.m. - March 7, 2017, 1:49 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
March 7, 2017, 1:49 a.m. - March 7, 2017, 1:49 a.m.
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.
Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.
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Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
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