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    Our week through the lens:
    6 - 10 March 2017
    #Sentinel2Go at ESA

    #Sentinel2Go at ESA

    One hundred invited social-media users from almost 30 countries took part in the #Sentinel2Go launch event in Darmstadt this week
    Managing a mission

    Managing a mission

    Ahead of International Women’s Day, the ‘Earth from Space’ team caught up with Sentinel-2 mission manager Bianca Hoersch to talk about her role in the recently launched Sentinel-2B satellite
    Sentinel-2B in orbit

    Sentinel-2B in orbit

    The ESA-developed Sentinel-2B satellite was launched today, doubling the coverage of high-resolution optical imaging in the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission
    Full launch coverage

    Full launch coverage

    Watch the replay of the full Sentinel-2B launch coverage from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 7 March
    Revisit #Sentinel2Go

    Revisit #Sentinel2Go

    From ESA’s mission control in Germany, watch the replay of the #Sentinel2Go event to celebrate the launch of the second satellite for the Sentinel-2 ‘colour vision’ mission
    Liftoff replay

    Liftoff replay

    Watch the replay of the Sentinel-2B launch on a Vega rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana
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