Sentinel-2BVega Arianespace Launch Status Success Mon · Mar 6th, 2017 8:49 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Mtw8czu1E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSEJpvtmp6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVGeCbg5q1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxidc1-N1Ew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7IHKShTPkg Mission Sentinel-2A Type: Earth Science Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. It's a satellite constellation of two identical spacecrafts, Sentinel-2A and -2B. Both carry an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation. Location Ariane Launch Area 1 Kourou, French Guiana 151 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana. Rocket Vega Length: 29.9 meters Diameter: 3.025 meters First Launch: February 13, 2012 Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family. The Vega rocket has been launched a total of 17 times with 15 successful and 2 failed launches. Agency Arianespace Type: Commercial Abbreviation: ASA Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël Founded: 1980 Launchers: Ariane 5 | Vega Country: FRA 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. View Rocket Launch Schedule