Earth Observation
SENTINEL-1B
NonoperationalEarth ObservationLEO
SENTINEL-1B is a EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) earth observation satellite, launched on April 25, 2016 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 25, 2016 at 09:02 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Soyuz STA Fregat →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Sentinel-1B
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 582 km
- Periapsis
- 557 km
- Inclination
- 98.09°
- Orbital period
- 96.05 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,157 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,146 kg
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-025A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41456
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Radar cross-section
- 5.5865 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational