NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Sentinel-3A

Launch Time
Tue Feb 16, 2016 17:57 UTC

Rocket

Rokot/Briz KM
Eurockot
Status: Retired
Price: $13.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 1,875 kN
Payload to LEO: 2,150 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.1 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.62 m
Fairing Height: 6.74 m

Mission Details

Sentinel-3A

Sentinel-3A is an Earth observation satellite constellation developed by the European Space Agency as part of the Copernicus Programme.
Copernicus, formerly Global Monitoring for Environment and Security, is the European programme to establish a European capacity for Earth observation designed to provide European policymakers and public authorities with accurate and timely information to better manage the environment and to understand and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,250.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2016

11th orbital launch attempt

Eurockot Launch Services

11th mission
1st mission of 2016
10th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission

Rokot

28th mission
1st mission of 2016
25th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission