2 European Earth-observing satellites launching to orbit from South America tonight: Watch it live

Launches & Spacecraft Vega C rocket launches 2 European Earth-observing satellites to orbit from South America News By Mike Wall Last updated 15 September 2026 The FLEX and Copernicus-3C spacecraft lifted off at 9:21 p.m. ET today (Sept. 14).

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Click for next article A Vega C rocket launches the FLEX and Sentinel-3C Earth-observation satellites to Earth orbit from Kourou, French Guiana on Sept. 14, 2026. (Image credit: ESA/Avio) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Two European Earth-observing spacecraft lifted off from South America tonight (Sept. 14).