Copernicus Sentinel-1D Satellite Placed in Orbit

Will Provide an All-Weather Day-And-Night Supply of Imagery of Earth’s Surface

Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport Tuesday evening carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite. With this third commercial flight, Ariane 6, the European heavy-lift launcher operated by Arianespace, successfully placed Sentinel-1D into Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at an altitude of 693 km (≈430 miles). Spacecraft separation occurred 34 minutes…