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The mission

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission is designed as a two-satellite constellation. Each satellite carries an advanced radar instrument to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface. The mission ended for Sentinel-1B in 2022.

The launch

  • Date: Sentinel-1A - 03 April 2014 
              Sentinel-1B - 25 April 2016 
              Sentinel-1C - 5 December 2024 
              Sentinel-1D - second half of 2025
  • Site: Kourou, French Guiana
  • Rocket: Sentinel-1A and -B on Soyuz 
                  Sentinel-1C on Vega-C 
                  Sentinel-1D on Ariane 6
Sentinel-1
The Sentinel-1 mission
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Ariane 6 to take Sentinel-1D into orbit

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The Netherlands from Sentinel-1C
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Sentinel-1C captures first radar images

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Vega-C lifts off with Sentinel-1C
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Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the s…

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Vega-C with Sentinel-1C on the launch pad
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Vega-C complete for return to flight

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Artist's impression of Copernicus Sentinel-1C in its Vega-C launcher
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Watch live: Vega-C to launch Sentinel-1C

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Sentinel-1C ready for encapsulation in Vega-C's fairing
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10 ways Sentinel-1 data lets us ‘see’ our world

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Kronebreen glacier seen from above
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Space for Shore: Sentinel-1 reveals Arctic glacier retreat

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Fuelling Sentinel-1C
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Sentinel-1C fuelled ahead of liftoff

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Unloading Sentinel-1C
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Sentinel-1C arrives in French Guiana

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Final data captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite
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Sentinel-1B journeys back to Earth

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Map reveals fishing activity not publicly tracked around Portugal and Morocco
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Sentinel-1 and AI reveal 75% of fishing vessels not tracked

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Cadman Ice Shelf 2023 compared to 2017
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Warming ocean causing rapid glacier retreat

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Icebergs in the Amundsen Sea, off the west coast of Antarctica
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AI maps icebergs 10,000 times faster than humans

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Antarctic ice shelf melt
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Antarctic ice shelf demise

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Morocco earthquake fringes
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Sentinel-1 reveals shifts from Morocco earthquake

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Adelie penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula
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Antarctica vulnerable to extreme events

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Faenza flood map
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Satellites map aftermath of Emilia-Romagna floods

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Al Wahat al Dakhla Desert, Egypt
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Introducing World Cereal

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Irrigation Ebro River basin
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How much water do we use for irrigation?

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10 remarkable Earth facts

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Forest loss across the Amazon
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Using a data cube to monitor forest loss in the Amazon

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Antarctic Peninsula glacier flow
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Antarctic Peninsula glaciers on the run

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History of landslides and road network in southern Italy
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Satellite data used for road infrastructure safety in Italy

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Osmaniye City, Türkiye, captured by Pléiades Neo
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Satellites support impact assessment after Türkiye–Syria ea…

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Sentinel-1C solar wing deployed
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Europe’s next radar satellite tip-top for flight

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Sentinel-2 captures Antarctica’s new iceberg
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Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf

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Thwaites Glacier
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Sentinel-1 and AI uncover glacier crevasses

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RRS James Clark Ross research ship and William Glacier
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Glacier calving and a whole lot of mixing

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Sentinel-1C in Cannes
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From Rome to Cannes

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George VI Ice Shelf
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Seasonal changes in Antarctic ice sheet flow dynamics detec…

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Nord Stream leak as captured by Pléiades Neo
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Satellites detect methane plume in Nord Stream leak

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Harmony
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ESA selects Harmony as tenth Earth Explorer mission

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Soil moisture June 2022 northern Italy
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Zooming in on drought from space

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Sentinel-1
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Mission ends for Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

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Etna’s uplift and subsidence
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Tap into Europe in motion

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Oil palm plantations distribution
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Tracking agricultural-related deforestation

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Radar vision
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Ride into orbit secured for Sentinel-1C

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Highlighting crops with Agriculture Sandbox NL
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Monitoring crop health across the Netherlands

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A-68A’s position on 17 December
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Mega iceberg released 152 billion tonnes of freshwater

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Bangkok, Thailand
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Mapping our human footprint from space

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Satellites pinpoint communities at risk of permafrost thaw

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Antarctica
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Antarctic glacier named Glasgow to mark COP26

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Copernicus Sentinel-1A: seven years in operation
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First Copernicus satellite exceeds design working life

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Glacier avalanches in the Sedongpu region, China
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Glacier avalanches more common than thought

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Annual mean shoreline change: Start Bay, Devon
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Measuring shoreline retreat

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Above ground biomass
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Maps to improve forest biomass estimates

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Getz glaciers flowing faster
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Getz on the run

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Satellite radar interferometry effective for mapping crops
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Satellite radar interferometry effective for mapping crops

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New crack in the Brunt Ice Shelf
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Is Brunt on the brink?

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A-68A and A-68G
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Is this the end of the A-68A iceberg?

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