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Vega | Sentinel-2B
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Mar 7, 1:49 AM UTC
Mar 7, 1:49 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. It's a satellite constellation of two identical spacecrafts, Sentinel-2A and -2B. Both carry an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our land and vegetation.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Programs
- Copernicus
Launch Site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- 🌍 GUF