The assembly of the Sentinel-1C satellite of the Copernicus Earth observation programme should be completed by mid-December, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), contacted by EUROPE on Thursday 25 August.
“The satellite qualification review, QR, which constitutes the end of phase D (Qualification and Production), will start mid-November 2022 and end mid-December. Shortly afterwards, the satellite will be transported to Kourou”, replied Daniel Mesples, the Spacecraft Operations...