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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
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Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier

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The data was captured by radar instruments on the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites.
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How Sentinel-1 measured movement of Venezuela quakes

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Interferograms of Scar Inlet Ice Shelf in 1995 compared to 2026
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Satellites in tandem reveal 30 years of Antarctic ice flow

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Radar vision
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Time to say goodbye to Sentinel-1A

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Sentinel-1 Next Generation
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ESA awards contract to build Sentinel-1 Next Generation sat…

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    Sentinel-1 documents and publications

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