Sentinel-1 services: tracking sea-ice

Date: Tue, Apr 12, 2016 | 06:30 - 06:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CEST

Replay: Tue, Apr 12, 2016 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 18:00 - 18:15 CEST

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

On April 22, the European Space agency ESA will launch the sentinel-1B satellite on top of a Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. 

It is the twin brother of Sentinel-1A launched in 2014 and the fourth satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel series.

With Sentinel-1 ESA and the European Union can already showcase the importance and interest of the Space component of the Copernicus programme.

The Sentinel-1 satellites offer numerous services covering applications in the marine environment with oil-spill monitoring or ship detection for maritime security, monitoring land-subsidence, and mapping of forests, water and soils as well as supporting humanitarian aid and crisis situations management.

This video shows a good example of Sentinel services for monitoring Arctic sea-ice and iceberg mapping with the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Overview4

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/04/Sentinel-1B_services_tracking_sea_ice

Script:
EbSI-118671.docx

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.