FLEX and Sentinel-3C being sealed from view

ESA’s FLEX satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been encapsulated in their Vega-C rocket fairing at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The arrangement of the two satellites inside the fairing is carefully designed for their separate deployment. The two satellites are fitted inside Vega-C’s fairing with a secondary payload adapter called Vespa, where FLEX is positioned below and Sentinel-3C above so that Sentinel-3C can be deployed first.

FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C are scheduled to liftoff on a Vega-C rocket 15 September at 03:21 CEST (14 September at 22:21 local time).

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