Tuesday 28 February 2017

Sentinel 2B Launch

The Copernicus snentinel 2B satellite will ride into space on a vega rocket from European Spaceport on 7th March 2017 at 01:49 GMT .

Sentinel 2B is already in its stand for seven week campaign for its test. And later it well be prepared to lift up from the spaceport into the orbit by a Vega Rocket said by the European Launch Campaign Manager, Paolo Laberinti.

All the satellite equipments are ready to be tested by connecting it to the electrical equipment. After reaching the orbit it will join to its twin Sentinel 2A which has been in orbit since June 2015, with each paiding 290 Km wide average. The time takes to image the globe.

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