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Fuelling a satellite is a particularly delicate operation. The hydrazine fuel is extremely toxic and highly explosive so only a few specialists, wearing ‘scape’ suits remain in the cleanroom for this. Sentinel-2B was filled with 133 kg of hydrazine.