With fuelling of the launcher’s AVUM upper stage completed on Thursday and the launch rehearsed on Friday, all is ready for liftoff tonight set for 03:52 CEST (22:52 local time on 22 June).

Sentinel-2A team at ESOC The men and women of the Sentinel-2A team pictured at ESOC on 21 June – ready for launch! Image credit: ESA/J. Mai CC BY-SA IGO 3.0

 

Team at ESOC getting ready. (ESA)

Team from ESTEC getting ready. (ESA)

Concentrating on AVUM upper stage. (ESA)

Concentrating on AVUM upper stage. (ESA)

Also the weather, so far, is good, albeit a bit cloudy.

Weather variable today in Kourou. Photo shows Ariane 5 mock-up at site. (ESA)

Weather variable today in Kourou. Photo shows Ariane 5 mock-up at site. (ESA)

Remember the launch is being streamed, starting at 03:30 CEST:
https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-2/Watch_live_Sentinel-2A_launch

In addition, the full launch event from ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Germany is also being streamed starting at 03:00 CEST and ending at 06:00 CEST:
https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-2/Sentinel-2A_launch_event_at_ESOC