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
7 years mission life

Sentinel-1

Artist's impression of Copernicus Sentinel-1C in its Vega-C launcher

Watch live: Vega-C to launch Sentinel-1C

29/11/2024 30466 views 47 likes

Sentinel-1C ready for encapsulation in Vega-C's fairing

10 ways Sentinel-1 data lets us ‘see’ our world

27/11/2024 4377 views 41 likes

Kronebreen glacier seen from above

Space for Shore: Sentinel-1 reveals Arctic glacier retreat

19/11/2024 3333 views 56 likes

Fuelling Sentinel-1C

Sentinel-1C fuelled ahead of liftoff

18/11/2024 3246 views 39 likes

Unloading Sentinel-1C

Sentinel-1C arrives in French Guiana

09/10/2024 8614 views 62 likes

Final data captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

Sentinel-1B journeys back to Earth

23/09/2024 5419 views 61 likes

Map reveals fishing activity not publicly tracked around Portugal and Morocco

Sentinel-1 and AI reveal 75% of fishing vessels not tracked

24/01/2024 7209 views 33 likes

Cadman Ice Shelf 2023 compared to 2017

Warming ocean causing rapid glacier retreat

28/11/2023 4944 views 104 likes

Icebergs in the Amundsen Sea, off the west coast of Antarctica

AI maps icebergs 10,000 times faster than humans

09/11/2023 13395 views 111 likes

Antarctic ice shelf melt

Antarctic ice shelf demise

13/10/2023 22217 views 118 likes

Morocco earthquake fringes

Sentinel-1 reveals shifts from Morocco earthquake

14/09/2023 14026 views 106 likes

Adelie penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctica vulnerable to extreme events

08/08/2023 6921 views 112 likes

Faenza flood map

Satellites map aftermath of Emilia-Romagna floods

20/07/2023 12960 views 86 likes

Al Wahat al Dakhla Desert, Egypt

Introducing World Cereal

20/04/2023 7998 views 91 likes

Irrigation Ebro River basin

How much water do we use for irrigation?

19/04/2023 5801 views 71 likes

10 remarkable Earth facts

18/04/2023 587460 views 2772 likes

Forest loss across the Amazon

Using a data cube to monitor forest loss in the Amazon

07/03/2023 8135 views 107 likes

Antarctic Peninsula glacier flow

Antarctic Peninsula glaciers on the run

27/02/2023 11893 views 93 likes

History of landslides and road network in southern Italy

Satellite data used for road infrastructure safety in Italy

16/02/2023 5581 views 63 likes

Osmaniye City, Türkiye, captured by Pléiades Neo

Satellites support impact assessment after Türkiye–Syria ea…

13/02/2023 17654 views 121 likes

Sentinel-1C solar wing deployed

Europe’s next radar satellite tip-top for flight

07/02/2023 4725 views 55 likes

Sentinel-2 captures Antarctica’s new iceberg

Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf

25/01/2023 40450 views 171 likes

Thwaites Glacier

Sentinel-1 and AI uncover glacier crevasses

09/01/2023 8171 views 74 likes

RRS James Clark Ross research ship and William Glacier

Glacier calving and a whole lot of mixing

29/11/2022 8446 views 73 likes

Sentinel-1C in Cannes

From Rome to Cannes

25/10/2022 3864 views 57 likes

George VI Ice Shelf

Seasonal changes in Antarctic ice sheet flow dynamics detec…

12/10/2022 7044 views 108 likes

Nord Stream leak as captured by Pléiades Neo

Satellites detect methane plume in Nord Stream leak

06/10/2022 19425 views 128 likes

Harmony

ESA selects Harmony as tenth Earth Explorer mission

22/09/2022 15560 views 118 likes

Soil moisture June 2022 northern Italy

Zooming in on drought from space

21/09/2022 4516 views 80 likes

Sentinel-1

Mission ends for Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

03/08/2022 36877 views 122 likes

Etna’s uplift and subsidence

Tap into Europe in motion

26/07/2022 7214 views 113 likes

Oil palm plantations distribution

Tracking agricultural-related deforestation

05/05/2022 7612 views 77 likes

Radar vision

Ride into orbit secured for Sentinel-1C

08/04/2022 30496 views 101 likes

Highlighting crops with Agriculture Sandbox NL

Monitoring crop health across the Netherlands

08/02/2022 8022 views 114 likes

A-68A’s position on 17 December

Mega iceberg released 152 billion tonnes of freshwater

20/01/2022 11691 views 82 likes

Bangkok, Thailand

Mapping our human footprint from space

11/11/2021 22739 views 88 likes

Satellites pinpoint communities at risk of permafrost thaw

09/11/2021 5498 views 101 likes

Antarctica

Antarctic glacier named Glasgow to mark COP26

31/10/2021 4531 views 82 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-1A: seven years in operation

First Copernicus satellite exceeds design working life

04/10/2021 4687 views 57 likes

Glacier avalanches in the Sedongpu region, China

Glacier avalanches more common than thought

30/04/2021 6286 views 123 likes

Annual mean shoreline change: Start Bay, Devon

Measuring shoreline retreat

29/03/2021 9560 views 152 likes

Above ground biomass

Maps to improve forest biomass estimates

17/03/2021 10790 views 102 likes

Getz glaciers flowing faster

Getz on the run

23/02/2021 4643 views 90 likes

Satellite radar interferometry effective for mapping crops

Satellite radar interferometry effective for mapping crops

19/02/2021 9600 views 94 likes

New crack in the Brunt Ice Shelf

Is Brunt on the brink?

12/02/2021 8152 views 95 likes

A-68A and A-68G

Is this the end of the A-68A iceberg?

03/02/2021 20583 views 102 likes

Wetlands

Earth observation vital in monitoring wetland waters

02/02/2021 6475 views 89 likes

Optimising agriculture

Cloud-free crop maps foster sustainable farming

25/01/2021 7679 views 58 likes

Earth is losing ice at record rate

Our world is losing ice at record rate

25/01/2021 18186 views 141 likes

Start of Vendée Globe 2020

Copernicus satellites keep eyes on icebergs for Vendée Globe

02/12/2020 5211 views 51 likes

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