ESA - Sentinel-1 - Archive

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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 - 2024
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Rocket: Sentinel-1A and -B on Soyuz
Sentinel-1C on Vega-C

1st in the Sentinel series
693 km orbit altitude
7 years mission life

Sentinel-1

Map reveals fishing activity not publicly tracked around Portugal and Morocco

Sentinel-1 and AI reveal 75% of fishing vessels not tracked

24/01/2024 4722 views 29 likes

Cadman Ice Shelf 2023 compared to 2017

Warming ocean causing rapid glacier retreat

28/11/2023 3766 views 102 likes

Icebergs in the Amundsen Sea, off the west coast of Antarctica

AI maps icebergs 10,000 times faster than humans

09/11/2023 7186 views 98 likes

Antarctic ice shelf melt

Antarctic ice shelf demise

13/10/2023 20561 views 117 likes

Morocco earthquake fringes

Sentinel-1 reveals shifts from Morocco earthquake

14/09/2023 12588 views 103 likes

Adelie penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctica vulnerable to extreme events

08/08/2023 6066 views 112 likes

Faenza flood map

Satellites map aftermath of Emilia-Romagna floods

20/07/2023 6356 views 74 likes

Al Wahat al Dakhla Desert, Egypt

Introducing World Cereal

20/04/2023 6653 views 85 likes

Irrigation Ebro River basin

How much water do we use for irrigation?

19/04/2023 4951 views 69 likes

10 remarkable Earth facts

18/04/2023 269585 views 2302 likes

Forest loss across the Amazon

Using a data cube to monitor forest loss in the Amazon

07/03/2023 7146 views 106 likes

Antarctic Peninsula glacier flow

Antarctic Peninsula glaciers on the run

27/02/2023 11237 views 92 likes

History of landslides and road network in southern Italy

Satellite data used for road infrastructure safety in Italy

16/02/2023 4659 views 63 likes

Osmaniye City, Türkiye, captured by Pléiades Neo

Satellites support impact assessment after Türkiye–Syria ea…

13/02/2023 15728 views 116 likes

Sentinel-1C solar wing deployed

Europe’s next radar satellite tip-top for flight

07/02/2023 3925 views 50 likes

Sentinel-2 captures Antarctica’s new iceberg

Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf

25/01/2023 22176 views 167 likes

Thwaites Glacier

Sentinel-1 and AI uncover glacier crevasses

09/01/2023 6716 views 73 likes

RRS James Clark Ross research ship and William Glacier

Glacier calving and a whole lot of mixing

29/11/2022 7670 views 73 likes

Sentinel-1C in Cannes

From Rome to Cannes

25/10/2022 3198 views 54 likes

George VI Ice Shelf

Seasonal changes in Antarctic ice sheet flow dynamics detec…

12/10/2022 6565 views 108 likes

Nord Stream leak as captured by Pléiades Neo

Satellites detect methane plume in Nord Stream leak

06/10/2022 17763 views 127 likes

Harmony

ESA selects Harmony as tenth Earth Explorer mission

22/09/2022 11187 views 111 likes

Soil moisture June 2022 northern Italy

Zooming in on drought from space

21/09/2022 3776 views 78 likes

Sentinel-1

Mission ends for Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

03/08/2022 30075 views 114 likes

Etna’s uplift and subsidence

Tap into Europe in motion

26/07/2022 6677 views 111 likes

Oil palm plantations distribution

Tracking agricultural-related deforestation

05/05/2022 6698 views 76 likes

Radar vision

Ride into orbit secured for Sentinel-1C

08/04/2022 25293 views 89 likes

Highlighting crops with Agriculture Sandbox NL

Monitoring crop health across the Netherlands

08/02/2022 7055 views 112 likes

A-68A’s position on 17 December

Mega iceberg released 152 billion tonnes of freshwater

20/01/2022 10868 views 80 likes

Bangkok, Thailand

Mapping our human footprint from space

11/11/2021 18595 views 84 likes

Satellites pinpoint communities at risk of permafrost thaw

09/11/2021 4846 views 99 likes

Antarctica

Antarctic glacier named Glasgow to mark COP26

31/10/2021 4110 views 82 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-1A: seven years in operation

First Copernicus satellite exceeds design working life

04/10/2021 4011 views 57 likes

Glacier avalanches in the Sedongpu region, China

Glacier avalanches more common than thought

30/04/2021 5488 views 123 likes

Annual mean shoreline change: Start Bay, Devon

Measuring shoreline retreat

29/03/2021 8650 views 149 likes

Above ground biomass

Maps to improve forest biomass estimates

17/03/2021 10060 views 101 likes

Getz glaciers flowing faster

Getz on the run

23/02/2021 4325 views 90 likes

Satellite radar interferometry effective for mapping crops

Satellite radar interferometry effective for mapping crops

19/02/2021 8474 views 94 likes

New crack in the Brunt Ice Shelf

Is Brunt on the brink?

12/02/2021 7736 views 95 likes

A-68A and A-68G

Is this the end of the A-68A iceberg?

03/02/2021 20201 views 102 likes

Wetlands

Earth observation vital in monitoring wetland waters

02/02/2021 5904 views 86 likes

Optimising agriculture

Cloud-free crop maps foster sustainable farming

25/01/2021 6432 views 56 likes

Earth is losing ice at record rate

Our world is losing ice at record rate

25/01/2021 15367 views 140 likes

Start of Vendée Globe 2020

Copernicus satellites keep eyes on icebergs for Vendée Globe

02/12/2020 4900 views 51 likes

Sentinel data enables new system for agricultural monitorin…

12/11/2020 4660 views 34 likes

Surface deformation across Germany

Germany land motion mapped

03/11/2020 7233 views 61 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-1C radar antenna deployed

Europe’s next radar Sentinel unfolds

07/08/2020 4864 views 51 likes

Satellites provide data on crops

Satellites provide crucial data on crops during COVID-19

06/08/2020 5338 views 80 likes

Mapping the Oaxaca earthquake from space

23/07/2020 4660 views 83 likes

A-68A in open waters

Giant A-68 iceberg three years on

10/07/2020 19414 views 140 likes

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