Scheduled to lift off on ESA’s new Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in the first half of 2023, Sentinel-1C will continue the critical task of delivering key radar imagery for a wide range of services, applications and science – all of which benefit society. Sentinel-1C is the third Sentinel-1 satellite to be launch for Europe’s Copernicus programme. The satellite is currently undergoing the last stage of its test campaign. This includes environmental tests where the whole spacecraft is exposed to the mechanical and noise stresses that it will experience during launch, and the thermal, vacuum and radiation environment from where the satellite will be operating for the next years. The image shows the satellite during integrated system tests prior to being prepared for thermal vacuum tests.