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A year of radar vision

03/04/2015 5930 views
ESA / Applications / Observing the Earth / Copernicus / Sentinel-1 / Highlights

Having orbited Earth more than 5300 times while providing radar vision for Europe’s Copernicus programme, the Sentinel-1A satellite has completed a successful first year.

The satellite carries an advanced radar to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of images of Earth’s surface for a variety of applications.

See the full Sentinel-1 image gallery.

See the full Sentinel-1 video gallery.

Read full article: Happy birthday, Sentinel-1A 

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    Sentinel-1A liftoff

    03/04/2014 2316 views 6 likes
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    Sentinel-1A liftoff
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    Sentinel-1A rides into space on a Soyuz

    08/04/2014 36388 views 152 likes
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    On-board cameras captured this footage from liftoff to separation
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    Sentinel-1 solar wing

    04/04/2014 6468 views 89 likes
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    Sentinel-1 solar wing seen in orbit
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    Brussels from Sentinel-1A

    15/04/2014 17918 views 63 likes
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    Brussels as the first image from Sentinel-1A
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    Antarctica Peninsula from Sentinel-1A

    15/04/2014 8953 views 69 likes
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    Antarctica Peninsula
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    Flood map

    28/05/2014 7784 views 24 likes
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    Flood map
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    Earth from Space: Sea of sand

    01/08/2014 8382 views 8 likes
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    Lake County, Oregon

    15/10/2014 6577 views 59 likes
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    Lake County, Oregon
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    Tokyo Bay, Japan

    21/11/2014 15489 views 81 likes
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    Tokyo Bay, Japan
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    Monitoring ice drift

    22/10/2014 1068 views 10 likes
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    Monitoring ice drift
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    Sentinel-1 maps Fogo eruption

    02/12/2014 4398 views 27 likes
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    Sentinel-1 maps Fogo eruption
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    Earth from Space: Romanian mosaic

    05/12/2014 39895 views 48 likes
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    Mexico City subsidence

    11/12/2014 16594 views 138 likes
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    Mexico City subsidence
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    Earthquake monitoring with radar satellites

    20/02/2015 19659 views 55 likes
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    Campi Flegrei monitored by Sentinel-1

    23/03/2015 9906 views 91 likes
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    Campi Flegrei monitored by Sentinel-1
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    Earth from Space: Psychedelic seabed

    27/03/2015 7098 views 14 likes
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