Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency launched its fourth satellite on Tuesday as part of a broader weather-monitoring mission to aid disaster-response teams, climate scientists and governmental agencies.
The launch took place using the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket from the agency's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The successful liftoff comes just months after the same rocket model was used to send a similar weather and climate satellite into orbit as Europe has turned to commercial companies to get back into the space race.
Tuesday's launch is part of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, which produces radar images of the Earth's surface in all weather conditions, day or night.
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