Tumble after separation

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The satellite separates from the Vega AVUM upper stage just under an hour after launch at an altitude of 786 km. Once separated, Sentinel-2 ‘tumbles’ before it stabilises and the solar array deploys.

CREDIT
ESA/ATG medialab
LICENCE
ESA Standard Licence

Animation
Observing the Earth
Sentinel-2
Copernicus
Earth observation Launch and early orbit phase

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