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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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Flooding around the Tejo River, Portugal, by Sentinel-1
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Intense rainfall brings floods across Iberian Peninsula

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Tibetan Plateau vertical ground displacement
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New satellite view of Tibet’s tectonic clash

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Ice velocity on Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland, 2014–2024
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Sentinel-1's decade of essential data over shifting ice she…

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Bremen by Sentinel-1D
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Sentinel-1D delivers first images: from Antarctica to Bremen

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Sentinel-1D lifts off on Ariane 6
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Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

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    Sentinel-1 documents and publications

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