Sentinel-2 is the Copernicus Earth observation mission that images land and coastal waters in 13 spectral bands at 10, 20 and 60 metre resolution. The satellites were built for the European Space Agency by a consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Each satellite carries a single Multi-Spectral Instrument with a 290 kilometre swath, designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space in France, and flies in a Sun-synchronous orbit at about 786 kilometres. Sentinel-2A was launched on 23 June 2015 and Sentinel-2B on 7 March 2017, both on Vega rockets, and Sentinel-2C joined them on 5 September 2024. Two satellites phased 180 degrees apart revisit any point on land every five days. The mission supports farming and forest monitoring, land cover mapping, coastal and inland water monitoring and disaster mapping.
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The satellites were manufactured by a consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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The launch of the first satellite, Sentinel-2A, occurred 23 June 2015 at 01:52 UTC on a Vega launch vehicle.
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Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission from the Copernicus Programme that acquires optical imagery at high spatial resolution (10 m to 60 m) over land and coastal waters.
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The mission's Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B satellites were joined in orbit in 2024 by a third, Sentinel-2C, and will be in the future by Sentinel-2D, eventually replacing the A and B satellites, respectively.
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Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission from the Copernicus Programme that acquires optical imagery at high spatial resolution (10 m to 60 m) over land and coastal waters.
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Prime contractors: Airbus Defence and Space Germany for the satellite, Airbus Defence and Space France for the multispectal instrument
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