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Arianespace uses Vega to launch the Sentinel-2B for Europe’s Copernicus program -VIDEO

Kourou, French Guyana - The satellite will join to 2A launched in 2015

Arianespace has successfully launched the Sentinel-2B satellite for the European Commission within the scope of a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). The launch took place on Monday, March 6, at 10:49 pm local time from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This was the third launch of the year for Arianespace and the first in 2017 with the Vega l...

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Rome, Italy, 03/07/2017 11:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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