打ち上げ成功した模様です。 > Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket, flight VS14, from Europe's > Spaceport in French Guiana on 25 April 2016 at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST). > With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, > Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched > two years ago from Kourou. Both satellites carry an advanced radar that > images Earth's surface through cloud and rain regardless of whether > it is day or night. By orbiting 180° apart, global coverage and data > delivery are optimised for the environmental monitoring Copernicus > programme. The mission provides radar imagery for a multitude of services > and applications to improve everyday life and understand our changing > planet. Three CubeSats piggybacked a ride on Soyuz. These small satellites, > each measuring just 10×10×11 cm, have been developed by university > student teams through ESA's Fly Your Satellite! effort. The other > passenger is the Microscope satellite from France's CNES space agency. [URL]
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