{"id":219698,"date":"2014-04-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"b3f18134fd2d5ffcd9f25056ea4d7e52"},"modified":"2014-04-03T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T22:00:00","slug":"separation-in-space-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=219698","title":{"rendered":"Separation in space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/videos\/2014\/04\/separation_in_space\/14361760-4-eng-GB\/Separation_in_space_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThis superb footage was acquired by cameras on the Soyuz Fregat&nbsp;upper stage that released Sentinel-1 into orbit on 3 April 2014. It shows the&nbsp;Sentinel-1 satellite separating from the Fregat to start its life in orbit&nbsp;around Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe video data were downloaded via ESA&#8217;s ground tracking station in Perth, Australia, in a precisely timed activity just prior to the deorbiting of the Fregat.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 2.3 tonne satellite lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from Europe\u2019s Spaceport&nbsp;in Kourou, French Guiana at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST). The first stage separated&nbsp;118 sec later, followed by the fairing (209 sec), stage 2 (287 sec) and the&nbsp;upper assembly (526 sec). After a 617 sec burn, the Fregat upper stage&nbsp;delivered Sentinel into a Sun-synchronous orbit at 693 km altitude. The&nbsp;satellite separated from the upper stage 23 min 24 sec after liftoff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSentinel-1 is the first in the family of satellites for Europe\u2019s Copernicus&nbsp;programme. It carries an advanced radar to scan Earth\u2019s surface in all&nbsp;weather conditions and regardless of whether it is day or night. This new&nbsp;mission will be used to care for many aspects of our environment, from&nbsp;detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement&nbsp;in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/videos\/2014\/04\/separation_in_space\/14361760-4-eng-GB\/Separation_in_space_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThis superb footage was acquired by cameras on the Soyuz Fregat&nbsp;upper stage that released Sentinel-1 into orbit on 3 April 2014. It shows the&nbsp;Sentinel-1 satellite separating from the Fregat to start its life in orbit&nbsp;around Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe video data were downloaded via ESA&#8217;s ground tracking station in Perth, Australia, in a precisely timed activity just prior to the deorbiting of the Fregat.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 2.3 tonne satellite lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from Europe\u2019s Spaceport&nbsp;in Kourou, French Guiana at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST). The first stage separated&nbsp;118 sec later, followed by the fairing (209 sec), stage 2 (287 sec) and the&nbsp;upper assembly (526 sec). After a 617 sec burn, the Fregat upper stage&nbsp;delivered Sentinel into a Sun-synchronous orbit at 693 km altitude. The&nbsp;satellite separated from the upper stage 23 min 24 sec after liftoff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSentinel-1 is the first in the family of satellites for Europe\u2019s Copernicus&nbsp;programme. It carries an advanced radar to scan Earth\u2019s surface in all&nbsp;weather conditions and regardless of whether it is day or night. This new&nbsp;mission will be used to care for many aspects of our environment, from&nbsp;detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement&nbsp;in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}