The issue that prevented the launch yesterday has been understood and fixed, all the ground links involved have been checked again late in the night so that we can confirm we are GO for a launch today!

All teams were ready to start the countdown activities 8 hours before lift-off

Kourou – LBC

Kourou – Jupiter 2

Darmstadt – Project Support Room

Darmstadt – Main Control Room

In Jupiter 2, all green… Sentinel-2C was switched ON and set-up in launch configuration.

H0-4 hours, half way through the chronology, all lights were still green. The Mobile Gantry was retracted on the launch pad, revealing our launcher on a very nice pink/purple sunset sky,

A few minutes before lift-off, all still green including the last weather forecast.

Notification from Kourou to our colleagues in Darmstadt: your parcel has been shipped…

H0 + 00:57:32 Sentinel-2C separation

Notification from Kourou to our colleagues in Darmstadt: your parcel has been delivered!

H0+01:11:47 AOS from Troll station

Notification from Darmstadt to Kourou: your parcel has been received!