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Data strip

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As part of the commissioning of the Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite, its optical communication instrument transmitted a strip of data, which stretched from Europe to North Africa, via laser to Alphasat in geostationary orbit.

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Observing the Earth
Sentinel-2

France–Spain strip from Sentinel-2C

France–Spain strip from Sentinel-2C

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Mutant strip

Mutant strip

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Sentinel-1B’s first image

Sentinel-1B’s first image

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Sentinel-2 transmitting data by laser

Sentinel-2 transmitting data by laser

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Berlin from Sentinel-1A via laser

Berlin from Sentinel-1A via laser

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