{"id":791780,"date":"2024-12-05T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=791780"},"modified":"2024-12-05T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:24:00","slug":"esa-sentinel-1c-launches-on-vega-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=791780","title":{"rendered":"ESA &#8211; Sentinel-1C launches on Vega-C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>The third\u00a0Copernicus Sentinel-1\u00a0satellite, Sentinel-1C, has\u00a0launched aboard\u00a0a\u00a0Vega-C\u00a0rocket,\u00a0flight VV25,\u00a0from Europe\u2019s\u00a0Spaceport in French Guiana.\u00a0The rocket lifted off\u00a0on 5\u00a0December 2024\u00a0at\u00a022:20\u00a0CET (18:20\u00a0local time).<\/p>\n<p>Sentinel-1C extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution radar imagery to monitor Earth\u2019s changing environment, supporting a diverse range of applications and advance scientific research. Additionally, Sentinel-1C introduces new capabilities for detecting and monitoring maritime traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0launch\u00a0also\u00a0marks Vega-C\u2019s\u00a0\u2018return to flight\u2019, a key step in restoring Europe\u2019s independent access to space.\u00a0Vega-C is the evolution of the Vega family of rockets and delivers increased performance, greater payload volume and improved competitiveness.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<label style=\"display: block; font-size: 0.9em; color: #8197A6; margin: 3rem 0 -1rem 0;\">Embed code<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea rows=\"4\" cols=\"60\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sentinel-1C launches on Vega-C\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8LTemRvlsdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/textarea><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Videos\/2024\/12\/Sentinel-1C_launches_on_Vega-C?rand=771654\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third\u00a0Copernicus Sentinel-1\u00a0satellite, Sentinel-1C, has\u00a0launched aboard\u00a0a\u00a0Vega-C\u00a0rocket,\u00a0flight VV25,\u00a0from Europe\u2019s\u00a0Spaceport in French Guiana.\u00a0The rocket lifted off\u00a0on 5\u00a0December 2024\u00a0at\u00a022:20\u00a0CET (18:20\u00a0local time). Sentinel-1C extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution radar imagery to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":791781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-791780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791780","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=791780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/791781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=791780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=791780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=791780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}