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Vega-C launches FLEX and Sentinel-3C Earth-observation satellites from French Guiana

A Vega-C rocket launched Europe’s FLEX and Copernicus-3C—also identified in coverage as Sentinel-3C—spacecraft from Kourou on Sept. 14. The mission adds new European capabilities for monitoring plant health, ocean conditions and broader Earth-system changes amid a busy global launch schedule.

Discovered 2026-09-14T09:30:04.806798-07:00 | 2026-09-14T09:30:04.806798-07:00

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The mission demonstrates Vega-C’s role in deploying European Earth-observation spacecraft from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
FLEX and Sentinel-3C/Copernicus-3C will provide data on plant health and ocean conditions, supporting environmental monitoring and climate-related analysis.
The launch took place amid a high-tempo global market, with 216 orbital launches reported in 2026 and multiple Chinese and Russian missions scheduled during the same week.

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