Sentinel-1A separation in space
This superb footage was acquired by cameras on the Soyuz Fregat upper stage that released Sentinel-1A into orbit on 3 April 2014. It shows the Sentinel-1A satellite separating from the Fregat to start its life in orbit around Earth.
The 2.3 tonne satellite lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST). The first stage separated 118 sec later, followed by the fairing (209 sec), stage 2 (287 sec) and the upper assembly (526 sec). After a 617 sec burn, the Fregat upper stage delivered Sentinel into a Sun-synchronous orbit at 693 km altitude. The satellite separated from the upper stage 23 min 24 sec after liftoff.
Sentinel-1 is the first in the family of satellites for Europe’s Copernicus programme. It carries an advanced radar to scan Earth’s surface in all weather conditions and regardless of whether it is day or night. This new mission will be used to care for many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used.
Credits:
Arianespace/ESA/Roscosmos
New views of Sentinel-1A separation from the Soyuz Fregat in space – onboard cameras captured these superb images as the satellite starts off on its journey in Earth orbit.
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What happens to the last piece of the rocket? Will it crash in the sea or will it stay in orbit?
I have never seen Earth perfectly covered in clouds like that. Beautiful water planet!
BUENISIMOOOOOOOO
Come on, baby, stretch these panels.
Amazing!!! Thanks for the video! Great job!
On-board camera provides a unique perspective on Arianespace's successful Flight VS07.
Full video by external rocketcam from start to separation.
Why did they edit out the sound? >:3
Никогда не видел чтобы Земля была такой белой.Такое чувство что его вокруг Европы запустили…
Great again. Suggest you might combine this video with prior one of launch to make one larger continuous recording. Question, near the end of this video is the camera platform starting to rotate or is some thruster being fired by the launch platform to separate the Sentinel-1A from the platform orbit? Again, congratulations ESA!
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Can u tell me the mechanism used behind this separation
Ummm why earth looks like the planet Neptune
Can everyone get ready to blow me up because it feels like my stomach is going to exlplode.
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