03 March 2016
Sentinel-3A Delivers First Images
... about the health of vegetation. Given its extensive payload, Sentinel-3A is a real workhorse that is set to make a... promise to the marine user community. As the operator of the Sentinel-3 marine mission, we are delighted to see the first fruit ...
February 2022
Building space-qualified detector chips
... CNES and the European observation programme, Copernicus. Sentinel-5P tropospheric nitrogen dioxide measurements over Europe, Africa,... that are not used by mainstream chipmakers. Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite image, captured on 4 February 2016, ...
September 2017
Measuring space debris risk
... Fence radar system will greatly improve object tracking down to 2 cm in LEO and is expected to become operational in 2019. Sentinel-1A’s solar array before and after the impact of a millimetresize particle on the second panel. The damaged area...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines, endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 62/217 back in December 2007. Sentinel-1A’s solar array before and after the impact of a millimetresize particle on the second panel. The damaged area...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... in the ecosystem is likely, in our view, to acquire talent and to build a scalable subscription-based business model. Copernicus Sentinel-1 C-Band SAR data being used to map floods resulting from Hurricane Florence in Jacksonville, Florida, USA...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
...is envisaged that the first A satellite will be launched in 2021, followed by the first B satellite in 2022. The Sentinel Missions The Sentinels form the dedicated part of the Copernicus Space Component. Copernicus is the world’s most ambitious Earth...
