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\nSoyuz VS14 upper composite hoisted to the top of the service tower in preparation for the 22 April 2016 launch.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Soyuz VS14 mission launching from the Guiana Space Center carries into orbit the Sentinel-1B satellite for the European Commission\u2019s Copernicus Earth Observation Program. In addition to the primary payload, the mission is carrying the MicroSCOPE Satellite<\/a> and three CubeSats<\/a> to orbit.\n<\/p>\n \nOnce in orbit, Sentinel-1B will provide radar images of Earth for Europe\u2019s Copernicus<\/a> environmental monitoring programme.\n<\/p>\n \nWith 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nSoyuz VS14 upper composite hoisted to the top of the service tower in preparation for the 22 April 2016 launch.\n<\/p>\n \nThe Soyuz VS14 mission launching from the Guiana Space Center carries into orbit the Sentinel-1B satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program. In addition to the primary payload, the mission is carrying the MicroSCOPE Satellite<\/a> and three CubeSats<\/a> to orbit.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n