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At ESA\u2019s\u00a0ESOC mission control\u00a0centre, in Darmstadt, Germany, every launch is preceded by the pre-launch briefing \u2013 and the all-important team photos.<\/p>\n
The next satellite to be flown from ESOC, Sentinel-2C, is scheduled for launch\u00a0on the final Vega\u00a0rocket\u00a0from\u00a0Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana,\u00a0at 03:50\u00a0CEST on 4 September.<\/p>\n
Sentinel-2C is the latest satellite in Europe’s Copernicus\u00a0Sentinel-2 mission. Sentinel-2 provides high-resolution optical imagery that covers all of Earth\u2019s land and coastal waters every five days and which is used for a wide range of applications such as land, water and atmospheric monitoring.<\/p>\n
Posing outside ESOC’s Main Control Room, this is the team that will oversee Sentinel-2C\u2019s crucial first hours in space and continue to fly the satellite for years to come as it gathers these valuable data.<\/p>\n
Months of\u00a0preparations and simulations at mission control culminated in last Thursday\u2019s Sentinel-2C launch dress rehearsal. The dress rehearsal brought together the ESA teams with the mission\u2019s institutional and industrial partners to complete a final, meticulous run through of the sequence of events that will take place on launch day.<\/p>\n
Preparations, rehearsals, briefings and team photos complete, mission control is GO for launch.<\/p>\n
Follow @esa, @esaoperations and @esa_eo on X and @europeanspaceagency @ESA_Earth on Instagram for live updates on the Sentinel-2C launch.\u00a0Click here to find out how to watch the launch live.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n