{"id":792090,"date":"2024-12-18T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=792090"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:48:08","slug":"up-close-and-loud-vega-c-liftoff-with-sentinel-1c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=792090","title":{"rendered":"Up close and loud: Vega-C liftoff with Sentinel-1C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>The Vega-C launch, flight VV25, seen from a camera placed at just 5 m from the launchpad, and a second shot from the top of the mobile gantry that housed the rocket \u2013 44 m high and around 50 m from the launch pad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The third\u202fCopernicus Sentinel-1\u202fsatellite, Sentinel-1C, launched aboard\u202fa\u202fVega-C\u202frocket,\u202fflight VV25,\u202ffrom Europe\u2019s\u202fSpaceport in French Guiana.\u202fThe rocket lifted off\u202fon 5\u202fDecember 2024\u202fat\u202f22:20\u202fCET (18:20\u202flocal time).\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The launch also marks Vega-C\u2019s \u2018return to flight\u2019, a key step in restoring Europe\u2019s independent access to space. Vega-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=\"Up close and loud: Vega-C liftoff with Sentinel-1C\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GE24IJgQw5A?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\/Up_close_and_loud_Vega-C_liftoff_with_Sentinel-1C?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vega-C launch, flight VV25, seen from a camera placed at just 5 m from the launchpad, and a second shot from the top of the mobile gantry that housed&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":792091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792090","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\/792090","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=792090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/792091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=792090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=792090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=792090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}