flown by Arianespace France

Sentinel-2A

Success
JUN 23201501:51:58 UTC

Vega released the 1,140 kg Sentinel-2A into a Sun-synchronous orbit at about 786 km roughly 55 minutes after liftoff. The satellite images land and coastal waters at 10 to 60 m resolution in multiple spectral bands, for Copernicus, the European Union's Earth observation programme, whose satellites are built and launched through the European Space Agency (ESA).

launched from ELV Kourou

aboard Vega into LEO

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Payload

Sentinel-2A

Earth observation

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