ESA - Sentinel-2 - Archive

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The mission

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission is based on a constellation of two identical satellites in the same orbit. Each satellite carries an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation.

The launch

Date: Sentinel-2A - 23 June 2015
Sentinel-2B - 7 March 2017
Sentinel-2C - 5 September 2024
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Launcher: Vega rocket

10 m resolution
13 spectral bands
290 km swath
5-day revisit time

Sentinel-2

Monitoring changing landscapes

Getting ready for Sentinel-2

07/12/2011 945 views 0 likes

Sentinel-2 platform arrives

ESA’s Sentinel-2 shapes up for testing

30/11/2011 1491 views 0 likes

Sentinel-3

Value of Sentinels to science highlighted

06/04/2011 1085 views 0 likes

ESA calls for Sentinel-2 Mission Advisory Group members

31/03/2010 789 views 0 likes

Sentinel-2B contract awarded to Astrium

Astrium to build ESA's second Sentinel-2 satellite for GMES

31/03/2010 2481 views 2 likes

ESA Member States approve full and open Sentinel data polic…

27/11/2009 3249 views 4 likes

GMES Sentinel-2 satellite contract signed

17/04/2008 2530 views 0 likes

C-band SAR image of AGRISAR test site

Campaign imagery furthers Sentinel development

17/10/2007 1104 views 0 likes

Measuring light reaction

Campaign prepares for future land-surface monitoring

23/07/2007 606 views 0 likes

Coniferous forest

Preparing to monitor coniferous forests with Sentinel-2

09/02/2007 2234 views 2 likes

Vegetation fluorescence

ESA campaign leads the way for future monitoring of the Ear…

08/11/2006 1539 views 0 likes

Measuring chlorophyll content and spectroradiometry

European airborne campaign simulates Sentinel imagery over …

24/07/2006 1822 views 3 likes

Proba's view of Barrax test site

Don Quixote's home shows way to future Earth Observation mi…

22/07/2005 1272 views 0 likes

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