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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
Sentinel-1
History of landslides and road network in southern Italy
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Satellite data used for road infrastructure safety in Italy

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Osmaniye City, Türkiye, captured by Pléiades Neo
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Satellites support impact assessment after Türkiye–Syria ea…

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Sentinel-1C solar wing deployed
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Europe’s next radar satellite tip-top for flight

07/02/2023 4872 views 55 likes
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Sentinel-2 captures Antarctica’s new iceberg
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Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf

25/01/2023 45172 views 175 likes
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Thwaites Glacier
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Sentinel-1 and AI uncover glacier crevasses

09/01/2023 8874 views 75 likes
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RRS James Clark Ross research ship and William Glacier
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Glacier calving and a whole lot of mixing

29/11/2022 8746 views 73 likes
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Sentinel-1C in Cannes
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From Rome to Cannes

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George VI Ice Shelf
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Seasonal changes in Antarctic ice sheet flow dynamics detec…

12/10/2022 7235 views 108 likes
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Nord Stream leak as captured by Pléiades Neo
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Satellites detect methane plume in Nord Stream leak

06/10/2022 20064 views 128 likes
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Harmony
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ESA selects Harmony as tenth Earth Explorer mission

22/09/2022 16961 views 123 likes
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Soil moisture June 2022 northern Italy
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Zooming in on drought from space

21/09/2022 4832 views 80 likes
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Sentinel-1
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Mission ends for Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

03/08/2022 38273 views 126 likes
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Etna’s uplift and subsidence
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Tap into Europe in motion

26/07/2022 7632 views 113 likes
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Oil palm plantations distribution
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Tracking agricultural-related deforestation

05/05/2022 8022 views 77 likes
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Radar vision
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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

08/02/2022 8340 views 115 likes
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A-68A’s position on 17 December
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Mega iceberg released 152 billion tonnes of freshwater

20/01/2022 11962 views 82 likes
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Mapping our human footprint from space

11/11/2021 24309 views 90 likes
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Satellites pinpoint communities at risk of permafrost thaw

09/11/2021 5925 views 101 likes
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Antarctica
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Antarctic glacier named Glasgow to mark COP26

31/10/2021 4777 views 82 likes
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Copernicus Sentinel-1A: seven years in operation
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First Copernicus satellite exceeds design working life

04/10/2021 5080 views 57 likes
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Glacier avalanches in the Sedongpu region, China
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Glacier avalanches more common than thought

30/04/2021 6569 views 123 likes
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Annual mean shoreline change: Start Bay, Devon
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Measuring shoreline retreat

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Above ground biomass
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Maps to improve forest biomass estimates

17/03/2021 11087 views 103 likes
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Getz glaciers flowing faster
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Getz on the run

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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 10052 views 95 likes
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New crack in the Brunt Ice Shelf
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Is Brunt on the brink?

12/02/2021 8376 views 95 likes
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A-68A and A-68G
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Is this the end of the A-68A iceberg?

03/02/2021 20801 views 102 likes
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Wetlands
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Earth observation vital in monitoring wetland waters

02/02/2021 6669 views 89 likes
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Optimising agriculture
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Cloud-free crop maps foster sustainable farming

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Earth is losing ice at record rate
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Our world is losing ice at record rate

25/01/2021 19222 views 141 likes
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Start of Vendée Globe 2020
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Copernicus satellites keep eyes on icebergs for Vendée Globe

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Sentinel data enables new system for agricultural monitorin…

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Surface deformation across Germany
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Germany land motion mapped

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Copernicus Sentinel-1C radar antenna deployed
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Europe’s next radar Sentinel unfolds

07/08/2020 5499 views 51 likes
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Satellites provide data on crops
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Satellites provide crucial data on crops during COVID-19

06/08/2020 5832 views 82 likes
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Mapping the Oaxaca earthquake from space

23/07/2020 5175 views 83 likes
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A-68A in open waters
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Giant A-68 iceberg three years on

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Kilauea eruption 2018
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Can rain trigger a volcanic eruption?

30/04/2020 13256 views 85 likes
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Polarstern shrouded in darkness
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Shedding light in the dark: radar satellites lead the way

16/12/2019 7464 views 74 likes
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French earthquake interferogram
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French earthquake fault mapped

17/11/2019 12975 views 99 likes
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Floods northeast of Tokyo captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1
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Tracking Typhoon Hagibis from space

29/10/2019 7446 views 66 likes
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Cracked: Pine Island Glacier
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Emerging cracks in the Pine Island Glacier

18/10/2019 10475 views 90 likes
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Polarstern
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A year trapped in Arctic ice for climate science

24/09/2019 6757 views 121 likes
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Sea ice
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Using artificial intelligence to automate sea-ice charting

10/09/2019 6245 views 72 likes
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Palu shifted
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Using satellite information to help rebuild after a disaster

12/07/2019 7958 views 87 likes
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Ice streams named
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Antarctic glaciers named after satellites

07/06/2019 5914 views 60 likes
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Permafrost thaw
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Satellites yield insight into not so permanent permafrost

17/05/2019 10375 views 127 likes
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Subsidence in Tuscany
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Monitoring Earth’s shifting land

15/05/2019 7702 views 112 likes
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Jakobshavn Glacier
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Jakobshavn Isbrae Glacier bucks the trend

14/05/2019 12887 views 118 likes
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