Kourou team ready for liftoff

The team in Kourou, French Guiana, on console in preparation for the launch of Sentinel-1B on 25 April 2016. The Soyuz rocket also carried three CubeSats into orbit, which were developed by teams of university students through the ESA's educational ‘Fly Your Satellite!’ programme, as well as Microscope from the French space agency, CNES.