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 - 2024
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Launcher: Vega rocket

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

Sentinel-2

Estonia

Estonia’s first contract with ESA focuses on ocean health

07/06/2016 3768 views 39 likes

Czech Agriculture from Space

Sentinels in the fields

01/06/2016 8154 views 68 likes

Catching sun glitter

Sun glitter reveals coastal waves

19/05/2016 8685 views 74 likes

Living Planet 2016

Spotlight on our living planet

09/05/2016 4245 views 50 likes

Birth of two icebergs

Nansen gives birth to two icebergs

14/04/2016 11440 views 103 likes

Fatu Huku

World’s corals under threat

24/02/2016 6570 views 72 likes

Satellites used to guide farming

Farmers benefit from satellite coverage

02/12/2015 13587 views 96 likes

Ban Ki-moon and Volker Liebig

My Planet from Space exhibition draws special visitor

09/09/2015 2203 views 33 likes

Eye of an algal storm

Sentinel-2 catches eye of algal storm

04/09/2015 37680 views 126 likes

Chasing glacier retreat

Chasing ice

21/08/2015 14399 views 118 likes

Red Sea reefs

Help wanted on tracking biodiversity from space

12/08/2015 7079 views 58 likes

Danube River

Sentinels catch traffic jam

07/08/2015 15492 views 80 likes

Agriculture in Saudi Arabia

First applications from Sentinel-2A

27/07/2015 21363 views 85 likes

Sentinel-2 kids’ competition winner

Student wins Sentinel-2 drawing competition

02/07/2015 4950 views 5 likes

Northwest Italy and southern France from Sentinel-2A

Sentinel-2 delivers first images

29/06/2015 52865 views 168 likes

Sentinel-2A completes critical first days in space

26/06/2015 7338 views 73 likes

Second Copernicus environmental satellite safely in orbit

23/06/2015 18901 views 107 likes

Enabling & Support

Sentinel-2 launch timeline

19/06/2015 10490 views 37 likes

Vega VV05 in its mobile gantry

Sentinel-2A poised high

17/06/2015 5449 views 54 likes

Turbidity at the mouth of the Elbe

Worldwide water quality app hits the web

16/06/2015 8266 views 56 likes

Encapsulation begins

Sentinel-2A sealed from view

09/06/2015 5306 views 44 likes

Sentinel-2A in Kourou

New launch date set for Sentinel-2A

04/06/2015 9103 views 64 likes

Big bird arrives

Preparing to launch ‘colour vision’ satellite

23/04/2015 8911 views 74 likes

'Colour vision' photo competition

Calling all photographers!

13/04/2015 20063 views 85 likes

Last stretch before being packed tight

08/04/2015 5874 views 54 likes

Last look at Sentinel-2A

24/02/2015 10037 views 91 likes

Sentinel-2 practises laser spin

11/02/2015 5467 views 49 likes

Trial separation prepares for final release

30/10/2014 2369 views 37 likes

Signing the Agreement

Copernicus operations secured until 2021

28/10/2014 8257 views 62 likes

Sentinel toolbox

New toolboxes make using Sentinel data easy

30/09/2014 6727 views 39 likes

Sentinel-2A with solar wing

A wing for Sentinel-2A

01/09/2014 3741 views 45 likes

Bringing Sentinel-2 into focus

28/05/2014 3072 views 28 likes

Looking ahead to Sentinel-2

26/05/2014 2669 views 33 likes

Free access to Copernicus Sentinel satellite data

15/11/2013 63554 views 339 likes

Satellites to serve

13/09/2013 2891 views 21 likes

Gabon forest cover

Spotlight on Sentinel-2

04/05/2012 2354 views 2 likes

A mockup of the future Sentinel-2 mission

Earth from Space: The future of Earth observation

20/04/2012 2681 views 0 likes

Contract signing

Rockot to launch two Sentinel satellites

09/02/2012 1981 views 0 likes

Two GMES satellites to be launched on Europe’s new Vega roc…

16/12/2011 1331 views 0 likes

Monitoring changing landscapes

Getting ready for Sentinel-2

07/12/2011 908 views 0 likes

Sentinel-2 platform arrives

ESA’s Sentinel-2 shapes up for testing

30/11/2011 1404 views 0 likes

Sentinel-3

Value of Sentinels to science highlighted

06/04/2011 1025 views 0 likes

ESA calls for Sentinel-2 Mission Advisory Group members

31/03/2010 739 views 0 likes

Sentinel-2B contract awarded to Astrium

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

31/03/2010 2401 views 2 likes

ESA Member States approve full and open Sentinel data polic…

27/11/2009 3154 views 4 likes

GMES Sentinel-2 satellite contract signed

17/04/2008 2427 views 0 likes

C-band SAR image of AGRISAR test site

Campaign imagery furthers Sentinel development

17/10/2007 1079 views 0 likes

Measuring light reaction

Campaign prepares for future land-surface monitoring

23/07/2007 578 views 0 likes

Coniferous forest

Preparing to monitor coniferous forests with Sentinel-2

09/02/2007 2138 views 2 likes

Vegetation fluorescence

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

08/11/2006 1495 views 0 likes

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