Colour vision for Copernicus
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission is based on a constellation of two identical satellites in the same orbit. Each satellite carries an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation.
Date: Sentinel-2A on 23 June 2015
Sentinel-2B on 7 March 2017
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Launcher: Vega rocket