Sentinel 2

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Sentinel 2 is a future space mission from ESA, the second in GMES program. It will provided multispectral earth observation data. It is design for data continuity of Landsat and SPOT-type missions. It is foreseen a launch date around 2012.


[edit] Mission characteristics

  • Role: Earth Observation
  • Launch date: 2012
  • Launch mass: ~1100 kg
  • Launcher: Vega or Soyuz/Kourou
  • Launch location: French Guiana
  • Orbit: Sun-synchronous
  • Altitude: 786 km
  • Orbit cycle: ~100 minutes
  • Nominal duration: 7.25 years

[edit] Instruments

Sentinel 2 spacecrafts are designed to carry a single multi-spectral instrument.

[edit] Applications

  • Land cover, usage and change-detection maps
  • Risk mapping
  • Fast images for disaster relief