Following the postponement of the November launch, Arianespace has announced a new launch date on 11 February 2015

ESA and the European Commission together with Airbus Defence and Space are inviting media representatives to view the Sentinel-2A satellite in IABG's cleanroom and test facilities in Ottobrunn, Germany on 24th February 2015. For accreditation presse_intern@iabg.de.

The undocking and reentry of ATVGeorges Lemaitrewill mark the end of the series of ESA vessels that has delivered cargo to the International Space Station, including food, drinking water, gases, research and maintenance equipment and around three tonnes of propellants each time. The versatile craft has also regularly boosted the Station’s orbit and occasionally manoeuvred the complex to avoid collisions with space debris. There will be no more ATVs but the technology will live on as part of the service module provided by ESA for NASA’s Orion spacecraft.