ESA Set to Launch Climate Change Satellite: Sentinel-1A A satellite that will be used to monitor climate change across the globe will be launched into space on Thursday night. The European Space Agencys Sentinel-1A satellite will lift off from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana at 21.02 GMT on 3 April. The satellite is the first of two missions being launched by the ESA to take images of the land and oceans with a highly precise radar. With these images, scientists will be able to observe the planet regardless of weather. They will be used for decades in the European Earth observation project. The ESA said final simulation training has taken place ahead of lift-off, with the mission control team receiving live signals from the satellite through an umbilical connection to be disconnected just before launch. Sentinel-1A will take off in a Russian Soyuz launcher and will reach an altitude of about 693km. ESA researchers believe they will receive the first signals about 25 minutes after it reaches its destination. check for more information: ibtimes.co.uk/sentinel-1a-esa-set-launch-climate-change-satellite-aid-humanity-1443113
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 06:21:06 +0000