ESA - Sentinel-1 - Archive

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The mission

The Copernicus 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: Sentinel-1A - 03 April 2014
Sentinel-1B - 25 April 2016
Sentinel-1C - 5 December 2024
Sentinel-1D - 4 November 2025
Site: Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana
Rocket: Sentinel-1A and -B on Soyuz
Sentinel-1C on Vega-C
Sentinel-1D on Ariane 6

1st in the Sentinel series
693 km orbit altitude
10+ years in orbit

Sentinel-1

Mission control

Enabling & Support

Teams ready for Sentinel-1B launch

21/04/2016 5056 views 43 likes

Fishing in the Mediterranean

Sentinel-1 counts fish

21/04/2016 11037 views 81 likes

Sentinel-1B heads to launch tower

Sentinel-1B in position for liftoff

20/04/2016 5362 views 76 likes

Sentinel-1B launch event at ESRIN

20/04/2016 6053 views 53 likes

Watch live: Sentinel-1B launch

20/04/2016 65234 views 328 likes

Going to space

Enabling & Support

Training beyond the expected

19/04/2016 3526 views 54 likes

Sentinel-1 sees rice paddy drop in the Mekong Delta

18/04/2016 11821 views 82 likes

Birth of two icebergs

Nansen gives birth to two icebergs

14/04/2016 11937 views 103 likes

Riding Soyuz

Hitching a ride with Sentinel-1B

12/04/2016 4488 views 59 likes

Sentinel-1B arrives in Cayenne

Preparing for more radar vision

10/03/2016 3972 views 45 likes

Landslides threaten transport networks

Keeping transport systems on track

29/02/2016 4563 views 52 likes

Sentinel-1A and Canadian Ice Service chart Davis Strait

Canada breaks the ice with Sentinel-1 data

21/12/2015 4535 views 52 likes

Deal sealed for new Sentinel-1 satellites

15/12/2015 8603 views 56 likes

Ice sheet in motion

International effort reveals Greenland ice loss

13/11/2015 12876 views 133 likes

Ban Ki-moon and Volker Liebig

My Planet from Space exhibition draws special visitor

09/09/2015 2365 views 33 likes

Chasing glacier retreat

Chasing ice

21/08/2015 15063 views 119 likes

Danube River

Sentinels catch traffic jam

07/08/2015 15801 views 80 likes

Danube Delta interferogram

Wetland management on the radar

11/06/2015 4936 views 43 likes

Comparing surface deformation data

Sentinel-1 brings radar remote sensing to new level

08/06/2015 9547 views 44 likes

Nepal earthquake

Nepal earthquake on the radar

29/04/2015 30581 views 137 likes

Sentinel-1

Happy birthday, Sentinel-1A

03/04/2015 3977 views 36 likes

Campi Flegrei monitored by Sentinel-1

Slight surface movements on the radar

23/03/2015 10111 views 68 likes

London, UK

UK joins Sentinel Collaborative Ground Segment

19/03/2015 3962 views 34 likes

Paris, France

France guaranteed access to Sentinel data

18/03/2015 2956 views 26 likes

European Data Relay System confirms services for Copernicus…

25/02/2015 3028 views 29 likes

36 years of radar vision

06/02/2015 6729 views 66 likes

Austfonna ice loss

Satellites catch Austfonna shedding ice

23/01/2015 12563 views 95 likes

Matteo Miceli

Satellites guide sailor from treacherous waters

19/12/2014 7911 views 77 likes

Sentinel-1 maps Fogo eruption

Fogo volcano on Sentinel’s radar

02/12/2014 14602 views 102 likes

Laser link offers high-speed delivery

28/11/2014 27751 views 116 likes

Signing the Agreement

Copernicus operations secured until 2021

28/10/2014 8693 views 62 likes

Monitoring ice drift

Copernicus Sentinel-1: making our seas safer

22/10/2014 5110 views 42 likes

Handing over Sentinel-1A

First Copernicus satellite now operational

06/10/2014 10007 views 84 likes

Sentinel toolbox

New toolboxes make using Sentinel data easy

30/09/2014 7094 views 39 likes

Sentinel-1 maps earthquake

Radar vision maps Napa Valley earthquake

02/09/2014 21760 views 96 likes

New views from Sentinel-1A

Sentinel-1 poised to monitor motion

26/08/2014 11470 views 73 likes

Doubling radar vision of Earth

17/07/2014 5031 views 37 likes

Poyang lake

Ten year-old Dragon gains new strength

30/05/2014 6545 views 46 likes

Flood map

Sentinel-1 aids Balkan flood relief

28/05/2014 11630 views 56 likes

Namibia flood mapped by Sentinel-1A

Sentinel-1 aids response to Namibia flood

09/05/2014 7412 views 53 likes

Ice chart

Experts demonstrate versatility of Sentinel-1

08/05/2014 10652 views 56 likes

Brussels as the first image from Sentinel-1A

First radar vision for Copernicus

16/04/2014 22823 views 116 likes

Sentinel-1 radar modes

Testing Sentinel’s radar vision

08/04/2014 6548 views 67 likes

Sentinel-1 performs opening dance routine

04/04/2014 15855 views 113 likes

Sentinel-1A liftoff

Europe lofts first Copernicus environmental satellite

03/04/2014 15753 views 62 likes

Soyuz VS07 raised into vertical position

Sentinel-1 ready for launch

03/04/2014 7010 views 44 likes

Soyuz VS07 transfer from MIK to launch zone

Enabling & Support

Dress rehearsal final step prepares for Sentinel-1

02/04/2014 5858 views 44 likes

Sentinel-1A encapsulation

Last look at Sentinel-1

01/04/2014 5771 views 46 likes

Fully loaded

Sentinel-1 fuelled and ready

26/03/2014 6340 views 62 likes

Main control room

Enabling & Support

Sentinel-1 controllers ready for hectic first days

25/03/2014 4941 views 48 likes

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