LIFT OFF - Sentinel 1C Vega C Launch I Arianespace

On Thursday December 5, 2024, the Vega C launcher (VV25 mission) lifted-off from the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana, at 6:20 pm local time (9:20 p.m. UTC, 10:20 p.m. CET). Vega C successfully placed the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite into Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at an altitude of 700 km. Spacecraft separation occurred 1 hour and 43 minutes after lift-off.

The VV25 launch at a glance:

351st launch by Arianespace
10% of the satellites launched by Arianespace are Earth observation satellites
6th Sentinel satellite launched by Arianespace
51st mission for the European Space Agency
3rd Vega C launch
107th spacecraft built by Thales Alenia Space launched by Arianespace