Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:02:26
Thursday April 3, 2014
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First flight of Soyuz ST-A/Fregat-M. Flight VS07.
The Sentinel-1 satellite is part of the GMES program - Global Monitoring for Environment and Security - a set of Earth observation missions co-funded by ESA and the European Commission. GMES represents the European answer to the ever-increasing requirements of environmental control, and thus provides an important contribution to environmental policies at a global level. As prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space Italy is responsible for the design, development, and integration of the satellite that will carry a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The radar will be based on Thales Alenia Space's key technologies such as the Transmit-Receive modules inside the active antenna. Based on a Prima platform, developed by Thales Alenia Space for the Italian Space Agency, Sentinel-1 will weigh 2,280 kilograms at launch and will look at the Earth in swaths up to 700 kilometers with a ground resolution of between 5 and 25 meters according to the selected operative mode.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
2,272 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$30.00 million
Rocket
Height: 46.94m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,500 kg
GTO: 3,000 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,317 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.11m
Height: 11.43m
Stages
4
Strap-ons
4
16th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2014
213th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2014
16th
Orbital launch attempt