Europe launches two Earth-observation satellites amidst a busy week for China
- On Monday, Sept. 14, an Avio-operated Vega C rocket launched from French Guiana, successfully deploying two European Space Agency Earth-observation satellites, FLEX and Sentinel-3C, at an altitude of about 509 miles.
- FLEX, the 875-pound satellite, will monitor vegetation fluorescence to aid agricultural management, while the 2,520-pound Sentinel-3C joins the Copernicus Earth-observation program for climate monitoring.
- Marking the second launch managed by Italian company Avio, the 115-foot-tall Vega C has completed seven flights since its July 2022 debut, with six successes.
- European success arrives amid a busy week for global space activity, with Chinese firms Landspace and Orienspace scheduling launches of the ZhuQue-2E Block 2 and Gravity 1 rockets.
- Global launch operations continue through Wednesday, with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation preparing a Long March 12 rocket and Roscosmos scheduling the Progress MS-35 cargo mission to the International Space Station.
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ESA sends two satellites to space for climate research
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A new ESA mission will provide information on plant health from space, based on a weak signal from the plants, which will provide insights into the consequences of climate change and extreme weather events.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully launched two satellites to investigate extreme weather events related to climate change. Such space missions are "substantial" support for the "climate change we are experiencing," said the Head of ESA Earth observation programmes.
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