Success
Sentinel-3A
Earth Science
Eurockot Launch Services(ELS)Commercial
Rokot/Briz-KM
SSOorbit
Sentinel-3A is the first in a pair of earth observation satellites developed by ESA to provide near real time data for the GMES Program. Sentinel-3A contains a temperature scanner, colour instrument and altimeter for monitoring the sea and land. The satellite focuses on providing accurate data about the oceans and in addition also provides information about wildfires and vegetation.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 5:57 PM
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Mission details
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States. It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.
Apr 3, 2014 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#5,540
ELS Mission
#12
Pad Launch
#153
Location Launch
#1,612
Designator
2016-011
Launch Window
NET
Feb 16, 2016, 5:57 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Rokot/Briz-KM Specs
Length
29 m
Diameter
2.5 m
Launch Mass
107 t
Thrust
1,870 kN
LEO Capacity
1,850 kg
GTO Capacity
0 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2000
Fastest Turnaround
1mo 2d
Total Launches
31
Successful
28
Failed
3
Consecutive Success
14
Maiden flight: May 16, 2000
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
Timezone
Europe/Moscow
Local Launch Time
Feb 16, 2016, 8:57 PM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778
Eurockot Launch Services
Eurockot Launch Services GmbH is a commercial spacecraft launch provider and was founded in 1995. Eurockot uses an expendable launch vehicle called the Rockot to place satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). Eurockot is jointly owned by ArianeGroup, which holds 51 percent, and by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, which holds 49 percent. Eurockot launches from dedicated launch facilities at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
Total Launches
14
Successful
13
Failed
1
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
8