26 July 2021
EUMETSAT strengthens environment monitoring role
... agency, EUMETSAT, will become the largest operator of the Copernicus programme's Sentinel satellite missions under an agreement signed (23 July 2021) with the European Commission. Copernicus is a component of the European Union ...
16 February 2016
Sentinel-3A poised for liftoff later today
..., understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure civil security through its suite of Sentinel satellites. Bruno Berruti, ESA’s Sentinel-3A project manager said, “after years of hard work developing the mission, we all felt very...
14 July 2016
Sentinel 3A satellite handed over to Eumetsat
... its task of systematic mapping of the Earth's surface. The Sentinel 3A satellite is the most complex of all the Sentinel satellites. ESA's Bruno Berruti has been in charge of preparing Sentinel-3A for service. According to him, "As the last phase...
03 March 2016
Sentinel-3A Delivers First Images
...and North Africa. These images were taken by OLCI, the satellite’s Ocean and Land Colour Instrument, which has 21 distinct bands... to the marine user community. As the operator of the Sentinel-3 marine mission, we are delighted to see the first fruit...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... of our planet to a more dynamic approach A wealth of free data is already out there – particularly thanks to Europe’s new Sentinel satellites. Built and launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) and operating within the European Union Copernicus...
07 August 2019
Successful launch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite
... including EDRS-C are expected by the end of 2019, when its inter-satellite link and end-to-end service will be tested and commissioned with the Sentinel satellites. The SpaceDataHighway is the world’s first ‘optical fibre’ network in the...
