ESA BR-313 Sentinel-1

Sentinel-1 is the first in the family of Copernicus satellites.This new satellite carries an advanced radar instrument to image Earth's surface through cloud and rain and regardless of whether it is day or night. Delivering timely information for numerous operational services, from monitoring ice in the polar oceans to tracking land subsidence, Sentinel-1 is playing a vital role n the largest civil Earth observation programme ever conceived. Read online