On 28 November, 2014, ESA and partners showed how the ESA/EC Sentinel-1 could deliver images in near-real time using the European Data Relay System laser technology.
Here, ESA Director of Telecom Magali Vaissiere, ESA Head of EO Projects Philippe Goudy and BMWi Director General Wolfgang Scheremet present the EDRS/S1 satellite image of Berlin.
The picture was sent using optical communication terminals on the geostationary Alphasat and lower orbiting Earth observer Sentinel-1A. The European Data Relay System is based on the same advanced laser technology, developed by DLR German Aerospace Center and will transfer information at higher data rates than ever before.