The Sentinel satellites are the key element of the Copernicus Programme. Instead of installing as many measurement instruments as possible on a single satellite, as was the case with ENVISAT, each ...

Europe's Sentinel-1 satellites captured radar images of Myanmar before and after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck on March 28, revealing significant ground movement.

Image of Kourou (French Guiana) acquired by the Earth observation satellite Sentinel-2A on 6 March 2017. Approximately 15 kilometres north-west of the capital, the premises of Europe's Spaceport can ...

This new satellite will eventually replace its predecessor the Sentinel-2A, and 2D (that hasn’t launched yet) will replace the existing Sentinel-2B satellite and ensure data continuity beyond 2035.

Satellites provide ‘eyes in the sky’ when fighting wildfires Bob Weber The Canadian Press Published May 21, 2023 ...

The European Space Agency launched its new satellite into space last night. Sentinel-2C is part of the Copernicus Earth observation program. In the early hours of September 4, 2024 (03:50 CEST ...

The launch of Sentinel-3C, also included in the contract, is envisaged to take place in 2024–2025. Sentinel-3A was launched in 2016 and Sentinel-3B was launched in 2018.

Parrington said the European satellites also make it possible to track smoke as it moves around the globe. As of Friday, smoke from the fires in Alberta and British Columbia was traceable as far ...

The 1150 kg Sentinel-3A satellite was carried into orbit on a Rockot launcher from Plesetsk, Russia, at 17:57 GMT (18:57 CET; 20:57 local time) on 16 February.

ESA's Sentinel-1 mission includes two satellites positioned 180 degrees apart in orbit above Earth, enabling them to collectively scan the entire globe every six days. Sentinel-1's advanced radar ...