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Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX

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Avio S.p.A · Vega-C · Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Avio S.p.A's 2nd launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 7,372nd orbital launch attempt

September 11, 2026Add to calendar
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Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Window: Sep 11, 00:00 – Sep 11, 00:00 UTC

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Sentinel-3C & FLEX

Sentinel-3C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-3 constellation, which provides high-accuracy optical, radar and altimetry data for marine and land services. The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite is a part of ESA's Earth Explorer program. The satellite will map vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.

Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

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Updates

  • NET September 11

    Nosu · 6/25/2026 · source

  • NET September 9.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 6/5/2026 · source

  • NET September 1st, together with FLEX.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/11/2026 · source

  • NET October 2026

    Nosu · 12/6/2025 · source

  • NET September 2026. (see 02:17:55 mark)

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/6/2025 · source

  • NET June 2026

    Nosu · 9/15/2025 · source

  • NET 2026

    Nosu · 5/27/2024 · source

  • NET Q1 2025.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2024 · source

  • Adding launch NET October 2024

    Nosu · 11/21/2022 · source

News

ESA·Jul 16, 2026

FLEX and Sentinel-3C arrive at Europe’s Spaceport

With liftoff scheduled for September, excitement is building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana as two cutting-edge Earth observation satellites, FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C, have arrived to begin their launch campaigns.

Pad — Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

55 launches from this pad · 334 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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