Russian booster orbits European Earth’s remote sensing satellite
Science & Space
October 13, 2017, 14:51
The European Space Agency has assumed control of the satellite after its separation from the Briz-KM booster
MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. A Briz-KM acceleration unit has delivered a European Sentinel-5P Earth’s remote sensing satellite launched aboard a Russian Rokot carrier rocket from the Plesetsk spaceport on Friday into the designated orbit.
The satellite’s separation from the acceleration unit was shown in a live broadcast in the office of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Moscow.
The launch’s customer, the ESA, has assumed control of the satellite after its separation from the Briz-KM booster.