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

Sentinel-1

Sentinel-1B liftoff delayed another 24 hours

23/04/2016 8414 views 65 likes

Soyuz VS14 upper composite hoisted to the top of the service tower

Sentinel-1B launch postponed

22/04/2016 8682 views 89 likes

Mission control

Enabling & Support

Teams ready for Sentinel-1B launch

21/04/2016 5088 views 43 likes

Fishing in the Mediterranean

Sentinel-1 counts fish

21/04/2016 11068 views 81 likes

Sentinel-1B heads to launch tower

Sentinel-1B in position for liftoff

20/04/2016 5401 views 76 likes

Sentinel-1B launch event at ESRIN

20/04/2016 6066 views 53 likes

Watch live: Sentinel-1B launch

20/04/2016 65254 views 328 likes

Going to space

Enabling & Support

Training beyond the expected

19/04/2016 3547 views 54 likes

Sentinel-1 sees rice paddy drop in the Mekong Delta

18/04/2016 11863 views 82 likes

Birth of two icebergs

Nansen gives birth to two icebergs

14/04/2016 11976 views 103 likes

Riding Soyuz

Hitching a ride with Sentinel-1B

12/04/2016 4522 views 59 likes

Sentinel-1B arrives in Cayenne

Preparing for more radar vision

10/03/2016 3992 views 45 likes

Landslides threaten transport networks

Keeping transport systems on track

29/02/2016 4597 views 52 likes

Sentinel-1A and Canadian Ice Service chart Davis Strait

Canada breaks the ice with Sentinel-1 data

21/12/2015 4559 views 52 likes

Deal sealed for new Sentinel-1 satellites

15/12/2015 8649 views 56 likes

Ice sheet in motion

International effort reveals Greenland ice loss

13/11/2015 12933 views 133 likes

Ban Ki-moon and Volker Liebig

My Planet from Space exhibition draws special visitor

09/09/2015 2378 views 33 likes

Chasing glacier retreat

Chasing ice

21/08/2015 15137 views 119 likes

Danube River

Sentinels catch traffic jam

07/08/2015 15820 views 80 likes

Danube Delta interferogram

Wetland management on the radar

11/06/2015 4969 views 44 likes

Comparing surface deformation data

Sentinel-1 brings radar remote sensing to new level

08/06/2015 9656 views 44 likes

Nepal earthquake

Nepal earthquake on the radar

29/04/2015 30706 views 137 likes

Sentinel-1

Happy birthday, Sentinel-1A

03/04/2015 4014 views 36 likes

Campi Flegrei monitored by Sentinel-1

Slight surface movements on the radar

23/03/2015 10142 views 68 likes

London, UK

UK joins Sentinel Collaborative Ground Segment

19/03/2015 3992 views 34 likes

Paris, France

France guaranteed access to Sentinel data

18/03/2015 2972 views 26 likes

European Data Relay System confirms services for Copernicus…

25/02/2015 3055 views 29 likes

36 years of radar vision

06/02/2015 6768 views 66 likes

Austfonna ice loss

Satellites catch Austfonna shedding ice

23/01/2015 12604 views 95 likes

Matteo Miceli

Satellites guide sailor from treacherous waters

19/12/2014 7934 views 77 likes

Sentinel-1 maps Fogo eruption

Fogo volcano on Sentinel’s radar

02/12/2014 14648 views 102 likes

Laser link offers high-speed delivery

28/11/2014 27841 views 116 likes

Signing the Agreement

Copernicus operations secured until 2021

28/10/2014 8722 views 62 likes

Monitoring ice drift

Copernicus Sentinel-1: making our seas safer

22/10/2014 5138 views 42 likes

Handing over Sentinel-1A

First Copernicus satellite now operational

06/10/2014 10073 views 84 likes

Sentinel toolbox

New toolboxes make using Sentinel data easy

30/09/2014 7123 views 40 likes

Sentinel-1 maps earthquake

Radar vision maps Napa Valley earthquake

02/09/2014 21813 views 96 likes

New views from Sentinel-1A

Sentinel-1 poised to monitor motion

26/08/2014 11513 views 73 likes

Doubling radar vision of Earth

17/07/2014 5060 views 37 likes

Poyang lake

Ten year-old Dragon gains new strength

30/05/2014 6582 views 46 likes

Flood map

Sentinel-1 aids Balkan flood relief

28/05/2014 11688 views 56 likes

Namibia flood mapped by Sentinel-1A

Sentinel-1 aids response to Namibia flood

09/05/2014 7464 views 53 likes

Ice chart

Experts demonstrate versatility of Sentinel-1

08/05/2014 10680 views 56 likes

Brussels as the first image from Sentinel-1A

First radar vision for Copernicus

16/04/2014 22867 views 116 likes

Sentinel-1 radar modes

Testing Sentinel’s radar vision

08/04/2014 6591 views 67 likes

Sentinel-1 performs opening dance routine

04/04/2014 15892 views 113 likes

Sentinel-1A liftoff

Europe lofts first Copernicus environmental satellite

03/04/2014 15813 views 62 likes

Soyuz VS07 raised into vertical position

Sentinel-1 ready for launch

03/04/2014 7051 views 44 likes

Soyuz VS07 transfer from MIK to launch zone

Enabling & Support

Dress rehearsal final step prepares for Sentinel-1

02/04/2014 5878 views 44 likes

Sentinel-1A encapsulation

Last look at Sentinel-1

01/04/2014 5798 views 46 likes

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