On this day in 2014 - April 3rd - ESA satellite Sentinel 1-A was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, the first in the Copernicus EU programme.

Copernicus is the world's largest Earth observation programme, monitoring many aspects of the environment.



Mona Evans
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