ESA - Sentinel-2 - Archive

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The mission

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.

The launch

Date: Sentinel-2A - 23 June 2015
Sentinel-2B - 7 March 2017
Sentinel-2C - 5 September 2024
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Launcher: Vega rocket

10 m resolution
13 spectral bands
290 km swath
5-day revisit time

Sentinel-2

Sentinel-2 captures before and after Nepal flash flood

Nepal flash flood imaged by satellites

31/08/2026 52424 views 120 likes

Tessera offers high-accuracy datasets that encode what the satellite ‘sees’ of Earth’s surface

Tessera AI model offers accessible way to view Earth

04/06/2026 8496 views 63 likes

Desert locust

Turning data from space into action for Earth

22/04/2026 2910 views 33 likes

Gas flares in Qatar imaged by Sentinel-2A

Sentinel-2 explores night vision

15/01/2026 12627 views 128 likes

Iberian fires August 2025

Iberian wildfires seen from space

20/08/2025 14182 views 68 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 7801 views 43 likes

Fire driving deforestation

Satellite records expose fire driving Gran Chaco transforma…

26/06/2025 3242 views 37 likes

Baltic blooms

Celebrating 10 years of Sentinel-2

23/06/2025 815 views 3 likes

Nord Stream pipe lines

Nord Stream methane leak far bigger than estimated

05/03/2025 8019 views 48 likes

The colours of autumn across the western border of North Macedonia and Greece are captured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 27 October 2024.

Earth from Space: Autumn foliage across Europe

08/11/2024 6829 views 57 likes

Intertidal seagrass Cadiz Lagoon

Sentinel-2 unveils the seasonal rhythm of intertidal seagra…

03/10/2024 4994 views 44 likes

Long, thin snow dunes

Unveiling the hidden snow dunes shaping Antarctica's frozen…

01/10/2024 3641 views 29 likes

Seville from Copernicus Sentinel-2C

Sentinel-2C delivers stunning first images

17/09/2024 32107 views 148 likes

Sentinel-2C model in ESOC's Main Control Room

Enabling & Support

A smooth start to life in orbit for Sentinel-2C

10/09/2024 2659 views 40 likes

Sentinel-2C takes to the skies

Sentinel-2C joins the Copernicus family in orbit

05/09/2024 14841 views 84 likes

Mission control GO for Sentinel-2C launch

Enabling & Support

Sentinel-2C operators complete final rehearsals

03/09/2024 3014 views 34 likes

Sentinel-2C being encapsulated in the Vega fairing

Sentinel-2C sealed in the Vega rocket fairing

23/08/2024 3371 views 40 likes

Nitrogen dioxide plumes over Saudi Arabia

Detecting nitrogen dioxide from power plants with Sentinel-2

05/08/2024 4651 views 35 likes

Sentinel-2C arrives in Kourou

Sentinel-2C arrives in French Guiana

22/07/2024 4401 views 45 likes

Mediterranean marine litter mapped by satellite

Enabling & Support

Monitoring marine litter from space is now a reality

19/06/2024 23367 views 48 likes

Barcelona captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2

From space to soil

24/04/2024 3446 views 39 likes

Soybean

Measuring nutrition in crops from space

10/10/2023 9579 views 87 likes

Sentinel-5P detected methane plumes

Trio of Sentinel satellites map methane super-emitters

20/09/2023 40738 views 155 likes

Smoke plume from the Litli-Hrútur volcano

Litli-Hrútur eruption seen from space

26/07/2023 17035 views 74 likes

Faenza flood map

Satellites map aftermath of Emilia-Romagna floods

20/07/2023 14023 views 88 likes

Al Wahat al Dakhla Desert, Egypt

Introducing World Cereal

20/04/2023 8506 views 91 likes

10 remarkable Earth facts

18/04/2023 620609 views 2819 likes

Sargassum seaweed

Smelly seaweed bloom heads to Florida

07/04/2023 19992 views 83 likes

EO-WIDGET for CAP compliance

Boosting market traction for agri-monitoring service

15/02/2023 2509 views 48 likes

Osmaniye City, Türkiye, captured by Pléiades Neo

Satellites support impact assessment after Türkiye–Syria ea…

13/02/2023 18486 views 125 likes

Sentinel-2 captures Antarctica’s new iceberg

Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf

25/01/2023 45210 views 175 likes

Nord Stream leak as captured by Pléiades Neo

Satellites detect methane plume in Nord Stream leak

06/10/2022 20065 views 128 likes

Great Salt Lake in July 2022

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is disappearing

01/08/2022 36243 views 134 likes

France and Spain land-surface temperature

Feeling the heat from space

20/07/2022 14416 views 139 likes

Zaap-C platform

Methane emissions detected over offshore platform in the Gu…

09/06/2022 13716 views 115 likes

Danube Delta

Revealing coastline dynamics of the Danube Delta

24/05/2022 9889 views 74 likes

Oil palm plantations distribution

Tracking agricultural-related deforestation

05/05/2022 8029 views 77 likes

Dwindling waters of Lake Powell

Dwindling water levels of Lake Powell seen from space

11/04/2022 35945 views 117 likes

Highlighting crops with Agriculture Sandbox NL

Monitoring crop health across the Netherlands

08/02/2022 8346 views 115 likes

Bangkok, Thailand

Mapping our human footprint from space

11/11/2021 24320 views 90 likes

Satellites pinpoint communities at risk of permafrost thaw

09/11/2021 5926 views 101 likes

La Palma as captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2

La Palma volcano: How satellites help us monitor eruptions

11/10/2021 29885 views 188 likes

California fires

California continues to burn

15/09/2021 9733 views 102 likes

Sentinel-2C arrives at IABG for testing

Gearing up for third Sentinel-2 satellite

09/08/2021 28368 views 76 likes

Chamoli disaster from space

Satellites reveal cause of Chamoli disaster

14/06/2021 9229 views 112 likes

Peloponnese coastline changes

Monitoring coastal changes in Greece

18/05/2021 10174 views 120 likes

Glacier avalanches in the Sedongpu region, China

Glacier avalanches more common than thought

30/04/2021 6576 views 123 likes

Joining forces to address food security

ESA and FAO unite to tackle food security and more

20/04/2021 7216 views 61 likes

Sermersooq, Greenland

Satellite imagery key to powering Google Earth

15/04/2021 26661 views 114 likes

Mount Etna smoke plumes

Satellites monitor Mount Etna’s unpredictable behaviour

08/04/2021 19626 views 102 likes

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