Sentinel-3A Launch Campaign
Rockot orbits European Copernicus Satellite Sentinel-3A successfully
Eurockot successfully launched the Sentinel-3A satellite today at 20:57 hrs local time (17:57 hrs UTC) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern […]
Rockot is ready for launch
After the fuelling of the first 2 stages of the Rockot launch vehicle yesterday, the State Commission has just confirmed […]
Dress rehearsal
Today two important events take place at the launch campaign in Plesetsk. The first one is the launch day dress […]
Upper composite roll-out to the launch pad and Rockot integration
Today, the upper composite was transported to the launch pad and mounted on the second stage of the rocket inside […]
Upper composite roll-out to the General Hall
Before the Upper Composite was transferred from the clean area to the General Hall of the MIK processing facilities today, […]
Good wishes for Sentinel-3A and Rockot
Today we followed the nice tradition to sign the fairing logo in memory to all people who were involved in […]
Sentinel-3A fairing encapsulation
Today was the last day when all Launch Campaign participants had an opportunity to see Sentinel-3A for the last time. […]
Sentinel-3A and Adapter maiting with the Breeze Upper Stage
After having been installed on the launch vehicle adapter the day before the spacecraft together with the adapter has undergone […]
Sentinel-3A mated with the launch vehicle adapter
Today at L-10 days before the launch another important step was achieved at Sentinel-3A launch campaign. Namely, today the Sentinel-3A […]
Combined operations started
Yesterday was the first day of the so called combined operations aiming at stacking the spacecraft on top of the […]
Sentinel-3A fuelling commenced
The Spacecraft Team and the Launch Vehicle Team are now busy with fine-tuning the schedule for combined operations momentarily focusing […]
GO for the fuelling of the Sentinel-3A satellite
Today the Rockot Launch Vehicle Team reported a successful dry-run on the launch pad with the ascent unit, the so […]
Delay in launch system infrastructure certification calls for a pause of campaign activities
As part of the formalities for a launch approval by Russian authorities, the Rockot launch system infrastructure has to undergo […]
Sentinel-3A back in testing mode
The Sentinel-3A launch campaign resumed with the removal of the satellite from its container. After clean room conditions had been […]
Back to Plesetsk – A warm welcome at freezing weather conditions
The holiday break for the Sentinel-3A launch campaign is over. On January 11th, a charter flight from Moscow returned 22 […]
Functional Testing Completed – Preparing for the Holidays
The Sentinel-3A satellite successfully passed the functional test series which kept the spacecraft team busy for the past two weeks. […]
Launch Vehicle Dry Run – Testing the roll-out before taking Sentinel-3A onboard
The Breeze-KM upper stage has been equipped with the payload fairing; however without enclosing the Sentinel-3A spacecraft. The purpose of […]
Going to the Launch Pad
A part of the satellite’s electronic ground support equipment was carried today into the Undertable Room, a vault directly underneath […]
Rockot Launch Vehicle and Sentinel-3A Undergo Extensive Testing
So far, the Sentinel-3A satellite and the launch vehicle components, Rockot’s upper stage Breeze-KM and the payload fairing, are being […]
Sentinel-3A satellite and Launch Vehicle Check-Outs Started
After arrival at the Rockot integration facility (MIK), the Sentinel-3A satellite was unloaded from its transport container and erected in […]
Sentinel-3A Launch Campaign Commenced
The launch campaign for Sentinel-3A which is the next satellite of the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme has meanwhile […]
