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Vega: Sentinel-2B
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.
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Mission Data
🇪🇺ArianespaceEst. 1980
Launch VehicleVega
Vehicle FamilyVega
Vehicle Record20 of 22 launches (90.9%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record313 successes / 15 failures (95%)
Success Streak16 consecutive
ProgramCopernicus · Earth Observation
Mission TypeEarth Science
Target OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch PadAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
LocationGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana GUF
Orbital Launches This Year#14
Agency Launches This Year#3
Launches From This Pad56
Launches From This Site336
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Vega
Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.
Launch Site
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) · 5.2360°N 52.7750°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.