The European global navigation satellite system now counts 14 satellites in orbit thanks to the successful launch of Galileo 13 and 14 on board a Soyuz.
The Sentinel 1B has been launch from Kourou becoming the fourth satellite in orbit of the Sentinel European Earth Observation satellite constellation. IberEspacio contributes to the mission with the thermal control system of the Optical Laser Communiactions Terminal.
The Earth Observation satellite Sentinel-3A, the third of the Europe’s Copernicus environment programme, was successfully launched from Plesetsk, Russia, by a Rockot yesterday at 17:57 GMT.
The European Earth observation satellite Sentinel 2A, part of the European Commission Copernicus program, has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guyana, on a Vega launch vehicle.