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With the launch of Copernicus Sentinel-2C set for 4 September 2024 (3 September French Guiana time), the team at Europe\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou has signed the Vega rocket sticker, as per tradition.<\/p>\n
This follows the satellite being encapsulated within the fairing half-shells.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Sentinel-2 mission\u00a0is based on a constellation of two identical satellites, Sentinel-2A (launched in 2015) and Sentinel-2B (launched in 2017), flying in the same orbit but 180\u00b0 apart to optimise coverage and revisit time.<\/p>\n
Each satellite carries a high-resolution multispectral imager to deliver optical images from the visible to the shortwave-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. From the altitude of 786 km, the satellites provide images in 13 spectral bands with resolutions of 10, 20 and 60 m over a large swath width of 290 km.<\/p>\n
Data collected from Sentinel-2 are used for a wide range of applications, including precision farming, water quality monitoring, natural disaster management and methane emission detection.<\/p>\n
Once in orbit, Sentinel-2C will replace its predecessor, Sentinel-2A, while Sentinel-2D will later replace Sentinel-2B.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n