Sentinel-2A
Success
JUN 23201501:51:58 UTCVega 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).
LIFTOFF
JUN 23 201501:51:58 UTC
Success
launched from ELV Kourou
aboard Vega into LEO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Payload
Sentinel-2A
Earth observation

