December 5, 2024 at 9:20 PM UTC
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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December 5, 2024 at 9:20 PM UTC
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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2360, -52.7750
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.
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Flight VV25 – Sentinel-1C | Vega C Launch I Arianespace
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Height
34.8 m
Diameter
3 m
LEO capacity
3,300 kg
Successful launches
6
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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.
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