MSG-3: Gearing up for launch
With third Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-3) set to liftoff on 5 July from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the team on site has be busy over the last weeks preparing the satellite for...
View ArticleMSG-3 fuelled
The MSG-3 satellite has now been fully fuelled, marking a major milestone in the launch campaign. Not your everyday wardrobe! Protective ‘SCAPE’ suits have to be worn for fuelling. (credits: ESA/C....
View ArticleSentinel-1A launch campaign begins!
Marking the beginning of ESA’s next launch campaign for an Earth observation mission, the Sentinel-1 satellite and its support equipment arrived safely in French Guiana yesterday. Over the next weeks,...
View ArticleMoving on
Despite the heavy rains of the previous day, the Sentinel-1B satellite was moved to the S3B facility today, in preparation for the next steps. It took the convoy about half an hour to move from the S5...
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