Europe launches two Earth-observation satellites amidst a busy week for China

<p>Rocket launches this week On Monday, Sept. 14 at 9:21 p.m. EST, Avio — a publicly traded Italian aerospace company headquartered near Rome — is set to launch a Vega C rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana, carrying two Earth-observation satellites for the European Space Agency (ESA). The first, Sentinel-3C, is the<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/whats-launching-this-week/europe-launches-two-earth-observation-satellites-amidst-a-busy-week-for-china/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Europe launches two Earth-observation satellites amidst a busy week for China"</span></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.astronomy.com/whats-launching-this-week/europe-launches-two-earth-observation-satellites-amidst-a-busy-week-for-china/">Europe launches two Earth-observation satellites amidst a busy week for China</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.astronomy.com">Astronomy Magazine</a>.</p>