Due to electrical issues on the ground links #VV24 launch chronology was interrupted. Checks are being conducted to confirm a new launch attempt tomorrow Sept. 4 at 10:50 pm local time in Kourou. The launcher & its passenger Sentinel-2C are in stable & safe conditions.

[Updated] Watch the launch of Copernicus EU #Sentinel2C on #VV24, the last Vega flight from Europe’s Spaceport, live on #ESAwebTV on 5 September from 02:30 BST/03:30 CEST (liftoff scheduled at 02:50 BST/03:50 CEST). 📺 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia… esa.int/Applications/O…

☄️🎆Incoming! The ninth ever immininent impactor has been discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey this morning. There will be a harmless, but likely spectacular fireball in about 8 hours, caused by a small ~1 metre diameter object entering Earth's atmosphere near the Philippines.

⚠️☄️Incoming! A roughly 1 metre asteroid will strike Earth’s atmosphere over the Philippines near Luzon Island at 17:08 UTC today, 4 September. The object is harmless, but people in the area may see a spectacular fireball! Discovered this morning by the Catalina Sky Survey,

📣UPDATE: We expect the ~1 m asteroid discovered this morning to strike Earth's atmosphere over the Philippines near Luzon Island at 16:46 UTC today. However the nearby tropical storm Yagi/Enteng will make fireball observations difficult. Stay safe everyone!

Salsa spotted! 🛰️🔭 Our in-house planetary defence team turned their attention to the asteroid-lookalike Cluster satellite as it dips deeper and deeper into Earth's atmosphere.

📣UPDATE 2: We expect the ~1 m asteroid discovered this morning to strike Earth's atmosphere over the Philippines near Luzon Island at 16:39 UTC today. Thanks to new observations, we now have a very good idea of where it will impact. And the object has a name! Welcome to Earth

It's the final countdown for Vega, take two. The launch chronology has started for tonight's liftoff with ESA Earth Observation/Copernicus EU Sentinel-2C satellite switched on and waiting for launch... 🚀 📅 5 September 02:50 BST/03:50 CEST ▶️ Live: esa.int/Applications/O…

Right now, #BepiColombo is just 165 km from Mercury's surface. This is the closest the spacecraft has ever been, and the closest it will ever get. Having just passed the planet's north pole, the spacecraft will soon capture its first-ever images of the south pole. Stay tuned!

Less than three hours to go until the launch of #Sentinel2C! Preparations are well underway at ESA’s ESOC mission control centre in Germany. 🕹️📡🛰️ 🚀 5 September 02:50 BST/03:50 CEST 📺 Watch live: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

Team A is now on console at ESA mission control. Team B, who have supervised #Sentinel2C launch preparations up to this point, have completed the important ‘handover’, briefing Team A on the current status of the spacecraft.

The #Sentinel2C launch GO/NOGO Roll Call is complete! 📣 All stations have reported in Green. Flight Operations Director Franco Marchese and the rest of the team at ESA mission control are ready for launch. ✅🥳 L-60 minutes soundcloud.com/esa/sentinel-2…

We are LIVE with the coverage of the launch of the Copernicus EU #Sentinel2C satellite🚀🛰️ Live streaming on esa.int/ESA_Multimedia… and for more coverage follow ESA Operations and ESA Space Transport. 📸ESA – S. Corvaja

LIFTOFF of #Sentinel2 C on the last Vega rocket from Centre spatial guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana on 5 September 2024!

ESA’s launcher tracking antenna in Australia has spotted #Sentinel2 C, still attached to its Vega upper stage, rising above the horizon. It’s not quite time to celebrate yet: we will monitor separation but we will not receive any data from the satellite until it passes over

“We have a mission!” declares ESA Flight Operations Director, Franco Marchese. #Sentinel2 C’s solar array has deployed: the satellite is in good health and generating power.

Our #BepiColombo ESA Operations team confirm all went well with our Mercury flyby last night. Now we wait and see what images & data our instrument teams collected! Stay tuned for a selfie-cam update later today. Here's a sneak preview 🤫

Its closest pass yet and its first-ever views of Mercury's south pole – last night was quite a night for #BepiColombo! Enjoy this taste of our fourth Mercury flyby. Details & images 👇esa.int/Science_Explor…

Might we one day see a human-made meteor shower? It's possible, according to an analysis of the debris thrown into space when NASA's DART mission slammed into asteroid Dimorphos. Small, harmless pieces could make it to Mars, or even Earth, in the future. esa.int/Space_Safety/H…