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