Soyuz ST-A lifts off from French Guiana with Europe’s Sentinel-1B Satellite

Video Credit: Arianespace Mission Updates: A Russian-built Soyuz rocket topped by a Fregat Upper Stage lifted off from French Guiana on Monday on a long mission to deliver Europe’s Sentinel-1B environmental monitoring satellite, the French MicroSCOPE fundamental physics experiment satellite, and three small CubeSats from European universities into custom orbits – creating a complex mission of over four hours.