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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
  • Site: Kourou, French Guiana
  • Rocket: Soyuz rocket 
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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 45230 views 480 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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Glacier avalanches in the Sedongpu region, China
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Glacier avalanches more common than thought

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Annual mean shoreline change: Start Bay, Devon
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Measuring shoreline retreat

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Suez Canal traffic jam seen from space

26/03/2021 75935 views 652 likes
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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Satellites map record floods in Australia

24/03/2021 10640 views 177 likes
Stretches of land across New South Wales, Australia, have been hit with torrential rain leading to record-breaking floods. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission are being used to map flooded areas to help relief efforts.
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Maps to improve forest biomass estimates

17/03/2021 7434 views 93 likes
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Giant iceberg breaks off Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica

02/03/2021 22911 views 303 likes
New Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar images show a giant iceberg breaking off from the northern section of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf
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Getz glaciers flowing faster
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Getz on the run

23/02/2021 3226 views 86 likes
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Satellite radar interferometry effective for mapping crops
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Satellite radar interferometry effective for mapping crops

19/02/2021 5399 views 81 likes
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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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