FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched

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FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched

European Space Agency · Official source · Sep 15, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC

The European Space Agency’s FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been launched together aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a new milestone in Europe’s Earth Observation Programmes.

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