{"id":2521,"date":"2025-11-05T09:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/thales-alenia-spaces-sentinel-1d-launched-on-ariane-6-from-french-guiana\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:08:48","slug":"thales-alenia-spaces-sentinel-1d-launched-on-ariane-6-from-french-guiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/thales-alenia-spaces-sentinel-1d-launched-on-ariane-6-from-french-guiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Thales Alenia Space\u2019s Sentinel-1D Launched on Ariane 6 from French Guiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Copernicus Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space<\/strong>, the joint company between Thales<\/strong> (67%) and Leonardo<\/strong> (33%), was successfully launched by Arianespace<\/strong> with an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe\u2019s spaceport in French Guiana. Sentinel-1D is part of Copernicus, the Earth Observation component of the European Union\u2019s Space Programme. This program is managed by the European Commission and co-funded by the European Union and the European Space Agency.<\/p>\n

With Sentinel-1D now successfully launched, the Sentinel-1 family is complete. As the final satellite in the first Copernicus constellation, Sentinel-1D will ensure continuity and enhance the missions in orbit, extending system operations for at least the next seven years and beyond. The satellite captures images of Earth\u2019s surface \u2014 day and night, in all weathers \u2014 for a wide range of applications to help protect our planet. This crucial data will be used to monitor landslides, earthquake zones, volcanic activity and variations in polar ice cover. They will also provide valuable insights for monitoring deforestation, the use of water resources and supporting emergency responders and search and rescue teams in the event of natural disasters.<\/p>\n

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Sentinel-1D, like Sentinel-1C, carries an Automatic Identification System (AIS) payload to enhance maritime safety \u2014 improving traffic management, preventing collisions and monitoring vessels in sensitive areas. It also introduces a world-first: a patented mechanism that separates the radar antenna from the spacecraft bus during end-of-life reentry, helping reduce orbital debris. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m particularly proud of this successful launch \u2014 now the Sentinel-1 family is complete,\u201d said Giampiero di Paolo<\/strong>, Deputy CEO and Senior Vice President Observation, Exploration and Navigation at Thales Alenia Space<\/strong>. \u201cOur long-standing recognized expertise in developing radar-based Earth observation satellites is once again in orbit\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the years, our company has proven it has the capabilities required to meet this program\u2019s technological challenges, fully aligned with Europe\u2019s environmental policy goals and marking a new phase in our collaboration with the European Commission and ESA\u201d Thales Alenia Space CEO <\/strong>Herv\u00e9 Derrey<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Copernicus Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), was successfully launched by Arianespace with an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe\u2019s spaceport in French Guiana. Sentinel-1D is part of Copernicus, the Earth Observation component of the European Union\u2019s Space Programme. This program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,54,20],"class_list":["post-2521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-platforms","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}