NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Sentinel 2A

Launch Time
Tue Jun 23, 2015 01:51 UTC

Flight VV05.

Rocket

Vega
Image Credit: Arianespace
Arianespace
Status: Retired
Price: $37.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,200 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,436 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.6 m
Fairing Height: 7.88 m

Mission Details

Sentinel 2A

Sentinel 2A is a European optical imaging satellite. It is the first Sentinel-2 satellite launched as part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme. The satellite carries a wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands. It will perform terrestrial observations in support of services such as forest monitoring, land cover change detection, and natural disaster management.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,140.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Stats

2015

30th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

226th mission
5th mission of 2015
218th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission

Vega

5th mission
2nd mission of 2015
5th successful mission