Sentinel-3B Launch Preparations in Full Swing

#Sentinel, #ESA, #Launch

Gepubliceerd op 23 maart 2018

With the Sentinel-3B satellite now at the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and liftoff set for 25 April, engineers are steaming ahead with the task of getting Europe’s next Copernicus satellite ready for its journey into orbit.

Unveiling Sentinel-3B
Source: ESA Observing the Earth

After arriving at the launch site on 18 March, the satellite has been taken out of its transport container and is being set up for testing.

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