The Sentinel-2 satellite at Airbus Defence and Space in Germany. This second satellite for Europe’s Copernicus programme, which carries a high-resolution multispectral optical imager to monitor land cover and vegetation, is scheduled to be launched at the end of April 2015. The instrument is currently being integrated with the satellite platform. Following functional testing, the satellite will be shipped to IAGB in Germany for a further round of environmental qualification tests.