Watch Earth Recede as the Sentinal-1A Satellite Blasts Into Space

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Watch Earth Recede as the Sentinal-1A Satellite Blasts Into Space
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When the Sentinel-1A satellite blasted into space (http://mashable.com/space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) from the European Space Agency's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana*last week, it brought along a video camera.

Launched by the Soyuz Fregat rocket, the Sentinel-1A carries an advanced radar that scours Earth's surface, 24 hours a day, in all kinds of weather conditions, according to the European Space Agency's website (http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/04/Sentinel-1A_rides_into_space_on_a_Soyuz). The satellite's mission is to help find and track oil spills, measure changing sea levels, monitor the decline of sea ice and more.

See also: Solar Flare Captured in Stunning NASA Video (http://mashable.com/2014/04/06/nasa-solar-flare-april/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Released on Tuesday, the following video captures nearly four minutes of footage from takeoff to separation: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/sentinel-1a-flies-into-space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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