Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX
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ESA’s FLEX satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite are set to launch on 15 September at 03:21 CEST (14 September at 22:21 local time). Watch the launch programme live from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with streaming starting at 02:50 CEST and continuing until 05:36 CEST. FLEX will provide new …
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Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services. The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.
GO for launch on September 15 UTC.
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Vega-C is a single-body rocket nearly 35 m high with that weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad. As with Vega, its main elements are three solid-propellant stages, an upper stage powered by a reignitable liquid-propellant engine and a payload fairing. Vega-C's P120C first stage replaces Vega’s smaller P80 to provide a significant increase in thrust at liftoff. It is also used as boosters (2 or 4) for the Ariane 6 rocket.
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