Sentinel 1A

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:02:26

Thursday April 3, 2014

Mission Details

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Launch Notes

First flight of Soyuz ST-A/Fregat-M. Flight VS07.

Sentinel 1A

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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

Rocket

Active
Soyuz ST-A/Fregat-M

Active Since 2014

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Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$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

Launch Site

ELS

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

27 days 15 hours

Stats

Soyuz 2.1a


16th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2014

RKK Energiya


213th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2014

2014


16th

Orbital launch attempt