Earth Observation
SENTINEL-2B
OperationalEarth ObservationLEO
SENTINEL-2B is a EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) earth observation satellite, launched on March 7, 2017 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 7, 2017 at 01:49 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Vega →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Sentinel-2A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 790 km
- Periapsis
- 788 km
- Inclination
- 98.57°
- Orbital period
- 100.64 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defense and Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,130 kg
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42063
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Radar cross-section
- 2.5119 m²
- Status
- Operational