Copernicus Sentinel-1D has begun its journey and is preparing to leave Europe. It left Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Cannes on Monday, 1 September, and arrived the next day in Turin. From there, it will be flown on an Antonov plane to French Guiana on 10 September.
Sentinel-1D, part of the European Commission’s Copernicus programme, is designed to carry an advanced radar instrument to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface.
It will be launched on an Ariane 6 in Q4 2025.