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    ESA > Our Activities > Observing the Earth > Copernicus

    Sentinel-1

    Sentinel-1 is a polar-orbiting, all-weather, day-and-night radar imaging mission for land, ocean and emergency response services. 

    Wetlands - unexpected
    treasures
    Monitoring restless
    super-volcanoes
    Satellites aid reindeer herders
    Climate change research
    beyond limits
    Soil moisture data
    for global challenges
    Facing the renewable
    energy challenge
    A close-up view of big events Costa Concordia: Recovery
    operations assisted from space
    Keeping Europe
    on the move
    How Copernicus supports
    flood management
    Food watch from space How satellites track
    a mass killer
    Satellites support
    sustainable fishing
    Satellites support sustainable
    aquaculture development
    How satellites help manage
    humanitarian crises
    Satellites provide unique
    insight into our climate system
    How satellites can measure
    terrain displacements
    after earthquakes
    Boosting economic growth
    with Copernicus
    Monitoring climate change
    in the Arctic
    Satellites help to monitor
    infrastructure stability
    Tracking flood waters
    from space
    Space technology reveals
    where oil pollutes the oceans
    Glaciers on the move -
    a perspective from space
    Landslide warnings from
    satellites save lives
    Space supports Europe's
    renewable energy future
    Reacting to disasters
    with satellite data
    Safer shipping
    through sea ice
    Boosting food security
    from space
    Satellites reveal where
    Europe is running out of water
    Copernicus supports
    storm monitoring
    Europe's changing snow cover
    seen from space
    Satellites support monitoring
    of Europe's green lungs
    Tracking a burning issue
    from space

    Last update: 18 November 2015

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