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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
Sentinel-1
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Satellites to serve

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Encapsulation in vacuum chamber
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Turning up the heat on Europe’s first Sentinel

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Vancouver harbour, Canada
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International effort helps users get ready for Sentinel-1

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Simulated Sentinel-1 image
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Sentinel-1 to offer new ways of monitoring crops from space

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Sentinel-3
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Value of Sentinels to science highlighted

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Enabling & Support

Arianespace to launch ESA’s first Sentinel satellite

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ESA calls for Sentinel-1 Mission Advisory Group members

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Living Planet Symposium
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Great strides for GMES

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A step forward for GMES
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Signature secures future Sentinels for GMES

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ESA Member States approve full and open Sentinel data polic…

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Radarsat-2 image of Flevoland in the Netherlands
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A glimpse of future GMES Sentinel-1 radar images

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InSAR helps Kilauea monitoring
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FRINGE workshop to focus on satellite interferometry

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C-band SAR image of AGRISAR test site
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Campaign imagery furthers Sentinel development

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Mr Liebig, Mr Dordain and Ms Sourisse celebrate signing of procurement contract for Sentinel-1
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Contract signed for building of GMES Sentinel-1 satellite

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Airborne radar image of sea ice, Svalbard, 16 March 2007
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IceSAR campaign provides glimpse of future Sentinel-1 image…

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Measuring chlorophyll content and spectroradiometry
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European airborne campaign simulates Sentinel imagery over …

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