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European Commission (EC)Sentinel-1C Mission
12/5/2024
Arianespace won a contract from the European Space Agency to launch Sentinel-1C in the first half of 2023 and the terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Arianespace won a contract in April to launch Sentinel-1C on a Vega C in 2023.
In 2022, ESA announced that Sentinel-1C would launch on Vega C in 2023.
Arianespace will launch the Sentinel-1C Copernicus satellite for the European Commission under a contract signed with the European Space Agency (ESA).
Arianespace announced on 2024-11-27 that the upcoming Vega C launch of the Sentinel-1C spacecraft would be delayed from 2024-12-03 to allow further precautionary checks and activities on the rocket.
Sentinel-1C was successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana on December 5, 2024, at 22:20 CET.
The completion of the encapsulation phase allows for integration activities and joint checks between the satellite and the launch vehicle.