For more than a decade, mission control teams at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) have successfully commissioned and operated most of the Sentinel fleet of satellites. In preparation of […]
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Arianespace’s Ariane 6 successfully launches Metop-SGA1 weather satellite “This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter”
On August 12, 2025 at 9:37 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST, on August 13), Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport carrying […]
Arianespace ready for Tuesday launch of EUMETSAT’s Metop-SG A1 weather satellite
Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite — which hosts Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package — is set for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from […]
A European team headed by GAF AG operates the Copernicus Contributing Missions Rapid Response Desk Service
GAF AG, an e-GEOS S.p.A. (Telespazio S.p.A./ASI) company, has been entrusted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to set up and operate the Copernicus Contributing Missions (CCM) Rapid Response Desk […]
SSC’s ground station contracts for Copernicus, EU’s Earth Observation program
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has been awarded several additional satellite ground station contracts by ESA for Copernicus, EU’s Earth Observation program. The new contracts include ground station support from both […]
ESA launches Copernicus Sentinel-1C aboard Vega-C from French Guiana
The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1C, has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 5 December 2024 at 22:20 […]
Mechanical issue delays ESA’s Vega-C’s launch of Sentinel-1C to Thursday
Update: launch postponed to Thursday 5 December 2024. Due to a mechanical issue preventing the withdrawal of the mobile gantry, the launch chronology has been stopped. The earliest targeted launch […]
Godspeed as Arianespace’s Vega soars on its grand finale launch for ESA’s Sentinel-2C mission
Arianespace’s Vega successful soared from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its last journey on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 at 10.50 p.m. local time (September 5th, at 1.50 a.m. […]
Arianespace scrubs grand finale launch of ESA’s Vega for Sentinel-2C mission, plans new date
ESA released the announcement:Next launch: Vega, VV24: “Due to electrical issues on the ground links, the launch chronology was interrupted and additional checks are being conducted to confirm a new […]
Ariane Space readies for last Vega rocket launch to send Sentinel-2C on multispectral imager mission
The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite is ready for liftof on 4 September 2024 (3 September Kourou time) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch will be on ESA WebTV […]