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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
Austfonna ice loss
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Satellites catch Austfonna shedding ice

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Matteo Miceli
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Satellites guide sailor from treacherous waters

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Sentinel-1 maps Fogo eruption
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Fogo volcano on Sentinel’s radar

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Laser link offers high-speed delivery

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Signing the Agreement
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Copernicus operations secured until 2021

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Monitoring ice drift
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Copernicus Sentinel-1: making our seas safer

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Handing over Sentinel-1A
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First Copernicus satellite now operational

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Sentinel toolbox
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New toolboxes make using Sentinel data easy

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Sentinel-1 maps earthquake
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Radar vision maps Napa Valley earthquake

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New views from Sentinel-1A
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Sentinel-1 poised to monitor motion

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Doubling radar vision of Earth

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Poyang lake
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Ten year-old Dragon gains new strength

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Flood map
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Sentinel-1 aids Balkan flood relief

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Namibia flood mapped by Sentinel-1A
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Sentinel-1 aids response to Namibia flood

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Ice chart
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Experts demonstrate versatility of Sentinel-1

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Brussels as the first image from Sentinel-1A
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First radar vision for Copernicus

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Sentinel-1 radar modes
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Testing Sentinel’s radar vision

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Sentinel-1 performs opening dance routine

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Sentinel-1A liftoff
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Europe lofts first Copernicus environmental satellite

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Soyuz VS07 raised into vertical position
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Sentinel-1 ready for launch

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Soyuz VS07 transfer from MIK to launch zone
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Dress rehearsal final step prepares for Sentinel-1

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Sentinel-1A encapsulation
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Last look at Sentinel-1

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Fully loaded
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Sentinel-1 fuelled and ready

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Main control room
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Sentinel-1 controllers ready for hectic first days

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Petermann on the move
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Prepping for radar vision

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Sentinel-1 arrival
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First Copernicus satellite at launch site

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Sentinel-1 spreads its wings

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Gearing up for a new era in Earth observation

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Sentinel-1
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Checking in on Sentinel-1A

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Winner of the Sentinel-1 competition
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Sentinel-1 competition: and the winner is …

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Arctic ice
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Oil and gas sector gears up for Sentinels

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Satellites to serve

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Encapsulation in vacuum chamber
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Turning up the heat on Europe’s first Sentinel

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Vancouver harbour, Canada
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International effort helps users get ready for Sentinel-1

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Simulated Sentinel-1 image
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Sentinel-1 to offer new ways of monitoring crops from space

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Sentinel-3
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Value of Sentinels to science highlighted

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Arianespace to launch ESA’s first Sentinel satellite

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ESA calls for Sentinel-1 Mission Advisory Group members

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Living Planet Symposium
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Great strides for GMES

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A step forward for GMES
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Signature secures future Sentinels for GMES

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ESA Member States approve full and open Sentinel data polic…

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Radarsat-2 image of Flevoland in the Netherlands
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A glimpse of future GMES Sentinel-1 radar images

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InSAR helps Kilauea monitoring
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FRINGE workshop to focus on satellite interferometry

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C-band SAR image of AGRISAR test site
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Campaign imagery furthers Sentinel development

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Mr Liebig, Mr Dordain and Ms Sourisse celebrate signing of procurement contract for Sentinel-1
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Contract signed for building of GMES Sentinel-1 satellite

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Airborne radar image of sea ice, Svalbard, 16 March 2007
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IceSAR campaign provides glimpse of future Sentinel-1 image…

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Measuring chlorophyll content and spectroradiometry
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European airborne campaign simulates Sentinel imagery over …

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