Just four days after launch, Sentinel-2A delivered its first images of Earth. With a swath width of 290 km, the satellite’s first acquisition began in Sweden and made a strip-like observation through central Europe and the Mediterranean, ending...
Last night marked the end of Sentinel-2A’s first three days in space, which saw teams on the ground working around the clock to ensure the spacecraft is ready for its ‘colour vision’ mission. Delivery into orbit marked...
Winner of the ‘Colour vision’ photo competition, Michael Angelo Richardson from the Netherlands, tells us about his trip to ESA’s operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, to watch the launch of Sentinel-2A. After winning ESA’s photo competition I...
ESA PR N° 21–2015: The ESA-developed Sentinel satellite – Sentinel-2A – was launched today, adding a high-resolution optical imaging capability to the European Union Copernicus environmental monitoring system. The 1.1 tonne satellite was carried on a Vega...
With fuelling of the launcher’s AVUM upper stage completed on Thursday and the launch rehearsed on Friday, all is ready for liftoff tonight set for 03:52 CEST (22:52 local time on 22 June). The men and women...
About 55 minutes after lift-off, Sentinel-2A will separate from Vega's AVUM upper stage and soar free into orbit, marking the start of the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase.
The Payload Data Segment (PDGS) team had a pre-launch meeting yesterday at ESA’s Centre for Earth Observation (ESRIN), after which the complete team gathered for a photo, including one little extra guest! During the briefing, each team...
With less than a week to liftoff, the next Sentinel satellite for the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme is now in position high up in the launch tower at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Vega rocket’s...