26 Apr
2016
26 Apr
'16
7:41 a.m.
According to ESA, Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket, flight VS14, from Europe’s Spaceport in Korou, French Guiana on 25 April 2016 at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST).
The three CubeSats, each measuring just 0×10×11 cm, piggybacked a ride on Soyuz are: OUFTI-1 from the University of Liege, Belgium, _e-st@r-II_ (mailto:e-st@r-II) from the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, and AAUSat-4 from Aalborg University, Denmark. The other passenger is the Microscope satellite from France’s CNES space agency.
(Source: ESA)
Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA