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Sentinel-1

Radar vision for Copernicus

Sentinel-1

The mission

The 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 launch

  • Date: 03 April 2014 - Sentinel-1A
              25 April 2016 - Sentinel-1B
              first half of 2023 - Sentinel-1C
  • Site: Kourou, French Guiana
  • Rocket: Soyuz rocket for Sentinel-1A and -B
                  Vega-C for Sentinel-1C
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Tracking agricultural-related deforestation

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Ride into orbit secured for Sentinel-1C

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Highlighting crops with Agriculture Sandbox NL
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Monitoring crop health across the Netherlands

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Mega iceberg released 152 billion tonnes of freshwater

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Washington state flooding

18/11/2021 6407 views 131 likes
The US State of Washington is under a state of emergency following days of severe wind and rain leading to extensive flooding in parts of the state. Different satellites in orbit carry different instruments that can provide us with a wealth of complementary information to understand and to respond to flooding disasters.
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Mapping our human footprint from space

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A-74 iceberg near collision with Brunt Ice Shelf

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New radar images show the A-74 iceberg spinning around the western tip of the Brunt Ice Shelf, brushing slightly against it before continuing southwards.
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Satellites map floods in western Europe

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Record rainfall has caused swollen rivers to burst their banks and wash away homes and other buildings in western Europe. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission are being used to map flooded areas to help relief efforts.
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Meet the world’s largest iceberg

19/05/2021 56295 views 521 likes
An enormous iceberg has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica. The iceberg, dubbed A-76, measures around 4320 sq km in size and is currently the largest berg in the world.
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Suez Canal traffic jam seen from space

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The enormous Ever Given container ship, wedged in Egypt’s Suez Canal, is visible in new images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
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Earth from Space: Lapland

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Iceberg on collision course with South Georgia

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Earth from Space: Crete

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Earth from Space: Amazon River

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Earth from Space: Falkland Islands

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Introducing Sentinel-1

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Facts and figures

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Bering in dire straits
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Oceans and ice

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Changing lands

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Emergency response

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Satellite constellation

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Instrument

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About the launch

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Copernicus Sentinel-1A: seven years in operation
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