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2017 · Arianespace

Sentinel-2A

successVega | Sentinel-2B

Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. It's a satellite constellation of two identical spacecrafts, Sentinel-2A and -2B. Both carry an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation.

Overview

Date / time
March 7, 2017 at 01:49 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Mission
Sentinel-2A
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch vehicle
Vega →
Launch provider
Arianespace →

Payloads deployed · 1

SENTINEL-2B
LEO