back to article European Space Agency eyes fourth pop at Sentinel sat launch

The European Space Agency (ESA) is hoping to finally gets its Sentinel-1B Earth-watching satellite off the ground tonight, following three cancelled launches. Sentinel-1B was scheduled to depart the launchpad at Kourou, French Guiana, atop a Soyuz lifter on Friday. Unfavourable weather scuppered the attempt. A second pop on …

  1. Geoff May

    "faulty Soyuz inertial unit"

    Was it called AE35?

    1. kmac499

      Re: "faulty Soyuz inertial unit"

      Just goes to prove Rocket Science... Easy ; Rocket Engineering... Hard

      Good luck to all the crew for tonight

  2. Ru'

    Is the Mobility Gantry so named because it has a massive pair of skateboard trucks on it?

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