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Sentinel-1C

Vega-C

Arianespace

Launch Status
Success

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Weather Forecast During Launch

The forecast calls for a temperature of 77°F, broken clouds, 67% cloud cover and a wind speed of 6mph.

Rocket Launch Timeline

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T+ 00 : 00 : 00 Ignition
Start of the engine ignition sequence
T+ 00 : 00 : 04 Liftoff
First upwards movement of the rocket
T+ 00 : 02 : 22 Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
T+ 00 : 02 : 22 SES
Start of the second engine
T+ 00 : 04 : 32 Stage 3 Separation
Separation of the third stage from the second
T+ 00 : 04 : 39 Stage 3 Ignition
Third stage engine ignites.
T+ 00 : 05 : 04 Fairing Separation
Separation of the payload fairing
T+ 00 : 07 : 08 Stage 3 Separation
Separation of the third stage from the second
T+ 00 : 08 : 16 Kick Stage Ignition
Start of the kick stage engine
T+ 00 : 16 : 45 Kick Stage Cut-off
Cut-off of the kick stage engine
T+ 00 : 56 : 10 Kick Stage Burn
The kick stage conducts an engine burn in orbit.
T+ 01 : 40 : 28 Kick Stage Burn
The kick stage conducts an engine burn in orbit.
T+ 01 : 43 : 50 Payload Separation
Final deployment of the payload from the rocket
T+ 01 : 50 : 53 Kick Stage Burn
The kick stage conducts an engine burn in orbit.

Mission

Sentinel-1C

  • Type: Earth Science
  • Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $48,000,000

Sentinel-1C carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface. It is a replacement satellite to complete the Sentinel-1 duo after Sentinel-1B suffered a technical anomaly.

Location

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) has witnessed the launch of 52 rockets, including 52 orbital launch attempts. While Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, has been the site for 325 rocket launches.

The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.

Rocket

Avio S.p.A Vega-C

Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.

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Agency

Arianespace

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

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Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
6 months ago

BEST OF LUCK FROM THE FOLKS( DOWN UNDER).!