Europe's first Sentinel satellite shipped to Kourou

The first satellite in the European Union's long-awaited Copernicus Earth observation program arrived in French Guiana on Monday to prepare for liftoff on top of a Soyuz rocket in early April. Packed inside a shipping container aboard an Antonov An-124 transport plane, the Sentinel 1A environmental satellite rode across the Atlantic Ocean from Turin, Italy. More

(Source: SapceFlight Now - Feb 26)