USN To Help Provide LEOP Services for November's Sentinels-3A Launch

Universal Space Network is asking for International Bureau approval to provide launch and early orbit (LEOP) support services alongside the European Space Agency and Swedish Space Corp. when the Sentinels-3A satellite is launched. The satellite is scheduled to go up Nov. 2 from the CNES space center in Kourou, French Guiana, USN said in its IB application filed Thursday, and LEOP support is expected to take up to seven days. USN plans to use its Alaska ground station and conduct LEOP services in the S-band.