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This image is one of the first to be captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite, which carries a 12 m-long synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument. It was captured on the night of 6 November (European time) and the data was then transmitted from the satellite to the Matera ground station, in Italy. All this was done within 50 hours of launch, which is likely to be the shortest time from launch to data delivery for a radar-based Earth observation satellite.
Radar instruments are particularly useful for imaging Earth’s surface through rain and cloud, as well as in darkness, making radar an ideal remote-sensing tool for observing polar regions. The satellite also carries an Automatic Identification System (AIS) instrument – enabling the mission to improve detection and tracking of ships over maritime zones.
The Antarctic Peninsula, which is part of the larger peninsula of West Antarctica, protrudes 1300 km. It is an ice sheet resting on a string of rocky islands and its tip is just 1000 km from the southern tip of South America. The Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet is one of the smallest ice sheets in Antarctica but is perhaps the most vulnerable to climate change as its glaciers are small and in a region of rapid warming. Observable changes such as collapsing ice shelves, thinning and accelerating glaciers are all key indicators of climate change in the region.
This image is in black and white, showing the contrast between the ocean and the peninsula’s icy landscape. The black and white represents the intensity of the radar signals that reflect off Earth’s surface – known as ‘backscatter’. Surfaces such as ice and snow reflect stronger radar signals, represented by brighter pixels in the image. Darker pixels denote lower-intensity backscatter, which is created when the radar signal reflects off a specular surface – in this case the surface of the Southern Ocean.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2025), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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Date: 9-mar-2016
source: Edward Morris
Soyuz VS07 was transferred from the preparation building MIK to the Soyuz launch zone of the Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on 31 March 2014.
The vehicle was rolled out horizontally on its erector from the MIK to the launch zone and then raised into the vertical position.
Soyuz VS07 will lift off on 3 April 2014. The rocket will carry Sentinel-1, the first in the family of Copernicus satellites.
This satellite will be used to monitor many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used. It will also play a crucial role in providing timely information to help respond to natural disasters and assist humanitarian relief efforts.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
Date: 2022-02-17
Sentinel-1 GRD + custom script with orthorectification
Author: Monja Šebela
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2022], processed by Sentinel Hub
This image over the west coast of the Netherlands is one of the early radar scans by the Sentinel-1A satellite, which was launched on 3 April.
The satellite’s advanced radar can provide imagery under all weather conditions and regardless of whether it is day or night. It can scan Earth’s surface in a range of different modes, enabling it to monitor large areas in lower resolution or to zoom in on a smaller region for a sharper view.
One of the many application areas of the data will be the surveillance of the marine environment, including monitoring oil spills and detecting ships for maritime security, as well as measuring wave height.
In this image, we can clearly see radar reflections from the ships at sea, appearing like stars in a night sky. The two collections of ‘stars’ are reflections from large-scale offshore wind farms, used to generate electricity.
Other visible features include the city of Amsterdam on the centre-right side of the image, and the runways of the nearby Schiphol airport. In the lower part of the image we can see the city of Rotterdam, with Europe’s largest port extending to the left.
Sentinel-1’s radar will also be used for monitoring changes in agricultural land cover – important information for areas with intensive agriculture like the Netherlands.
This image, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme, was acquired on 15 April with the radar operating in ‘stripmap mode’, which provides coverage at a resolution of about 10 m.
Sentinel-1A is the first in a fleet of satellites being developed for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme. The satellite is not yet in its operational orbit, but early images like this have given us a taste of what’s to come.
Credit: ESA
Watch Earth from Space:
www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/04/Earth_from_Space...
Soyuz VS07 upper composite, comprising the Fregat upper stage, payload and fairing, was transferred from the S3B integration facility to the Soyuz launch pad (ZLS), hoisted into the mobile gantry where it was integrated atop Soyuz, on 31 March 2014.
Soyuz VS07 will lift off on 3 April 2014, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket will carry Sentinel-1, the first in the family of Copernicus satellites.
This satellite will be used to monitor many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used. It will also play a crucial role in providing timely information to help respond to natural disasters and assist humanitarian relief efforts.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
Date: 2022-01-24
Sentinel-1 GRD + custom script with orthorectification and radiometric terrain correction
Author: Sabina Dolenc
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2022], processed by Sentinel Hub
An iceberg roughly the size of the Isle of Wight has broken off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on 20 May.
This calving event results from a prolonged weakening of the ice at the McDonald Ice Rumples and progressive eastward extension of the so-called ‘Halloween Crack’ into the ice shelf.
The separation of iceberg A-83 marks the third significant iceberg calving from this region in the past four years. In 2021, the Brunt Ice Shelf produced an iceberg called A-74 followed by an even bigger berg, named A-81, in 2023.
The radar image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, shows the 380 sq km triangular iceberg on 22 May 2024.
The iceberg has been officially identified as A-83 by the US National Ice Center. Antarctic icebergs are named from the Antarctic quadrant in which they were originally sighted, then a sequential number, then, if the iceberg breaks, a sequential letter.
Brunt is located in the eastern Weddell Sea, so its bergs receive an ‘A’ designation and 83 is the next number in the sequence of icebergs calving in this sector.
The calving does not pose a threat to the presently unmanned British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI Research Station, which was moved in 2017 to a more secure location after the outer ice shelf was deemed unstable.
Routine monitoring by satellites offer unprecedented views of events happening in remote regions like Antarctica, and how ice shelves manage to retain their structural integrity in response to changes in ice dynamics, air and ocean temperatures.
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission carries radar, which can return images regardless of day or night and this allows us year-round viewing, which is especially important through the long, dark, austral winter months.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024), processed by ESA; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Thanks largely to the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, scientists have discovered that the fast-flowing Kohler East Glacier in Antarctica is rapidly siphoning ice from a neighbouring flow – at a pace never before seen. The image depicts the average speed and direction of multiple glaciers flowing into the Crosson and Dotson Ice Shelves in West Antarctica from 2015 to 2022. The arrows show change in direction of flow.
Credits: ESA (data source: Selley et al., 2025, University of Leeds)
Sentinel-1B satellite lowered onto Fregat upper stage in preparation for the 22 April 2016 launch. This stage of the launch campaign took place on Thursday 14 April in the S3B preparation building of the Guiana Space Centre.
Once in orbit, it will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
Placing the Earth-observer Sentinel-1C onto its "vampire" payload launch adapter to connect the satellite to the Vega-C rocket that will launch it into a polar orbit, 19 November 2024 at Europe Spaceport's payload integration facility.
Earth-observer Sentinel-1C is set to launch on Vega-C rocket flight VV25. At 35 m tall, Vega-C weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad and reaches orbit with three solid-propellant-powered stages before the fourth liquid-propellant stage takes over for precise placement of Sentinel-1C into its orbit.
The payload adapter connects the satellite and the rocket launching it. The VAMPIRE backronym stands for Vega Adapter for Multiple Payload Injection and Release.
In the background are the two fairing halves that will protect Sentinel-1C from the elements on the launch pad and during launch through our atmosphere.
Carrying advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface, the ambitious Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has raised the bar for spaceborne radar.
The mission benefits numerous Copernicus services and applications such as those that relate to Arctic sea-ice monitoring, iceberg tracking, routine sea-ice mapping, glacier-velocity monitoring, surveillance of the marine environment including oil-spill monitoring and ship detection for maritime security as well as illegal fisheries monitoring.
Europe’s Vega-C rocket can launch 2300 kg into space, such as small scientific and Earth observation spacecraft. Vega-C is the evolution of the Vega family of rockets and delivers increased performance, greater payload volume and improved competitiveness.
Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique du vidéo du CSG–S. Martin
Soyuz VS07 upper composite, comprising the Fregat upper stage, payload and fairing, was transferred from the S3B integration facility to the Soyuz launch pad (ZLS), hoisted into the mobile gantry where it was integrated atop Soyuz, on 31 March 2014.
Soyuz VS07 will lift off on 3 April 2014, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket will carry Sentinel-1, the first in the family of Copernicus satellites.
This satellite will be used to monitor many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used. It will also play a crucial role in providing timely information to help respond to natural disasters and assist humanitarian relief efforts.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
Satellite: Sentinel-1. SAR (Radar de Apertura Sintética)
Enhanced visualization.
El más caudaloso río del mundo, el Amazonas, forma un ancho e intrincado estuario que alcanza los 240 kilómetros (fuera, al NE de la imagen) en su desembocadura, dividiéndose en multitud de brazos que parecen venas cada vez más pequeñas. En la orilla de su brazo izquierdo, arriba en el centro en la imagen, se encuentran las ciudades de Macapá (475.000 habitantes) y Santana (110.000 h).
A diferencia de los sensores ópticos, que registran la luz del sol reflejada en la superficie terrestres, los sensores de radar como el del satélite Sentinel-1 emiten sus propias ondas y registran el reflejo de estas procedente de la superficie. Tienen la gran ventaja de funcionar de noche y de atravesar las nubes.
Esta imagen ha sido procesada con el navegador EO Browser (apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser) de Sentinel Hub. Sentinel Hub es un motor de procesamiento de datos satelitales, dentro del programa de observación de la Tierra Copernicus (copernicus.eu) de la Unión Europea, operado por la empresa Sinergise. EO Browser es gratuito y fácil de usar. El norte siempre está arriba.
This image has been processed using the EO Browser (apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser) by Sentinel Hub. Sentinel Hub is a satellite data processing engine, within the European Union's Earth observation programme Copernicus (copernicus.eu), operated by the Sinergise company. EO Browser is free and easy to use. North is always up.
A door with lockable turning hatch swings downward when open. Two of three port holes are pictured to the right of the open hatch. The camo section partially seen above is removable for hull access.
Soyuz VS14 upper composite in the S3B preparation building in preparation for the 22 April 2016 launch.
Once in orbit, it will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
More about Sentinel-1:
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
This Sentinel-1A image shows the semi-arid border region between Uzbekistan (top) and Turkmenistan (bottom). The northern part of Sarygamysh Lake, which straddles the border, can be seen in the lower centre of the image.
The lake sits approximately midway between the Caspian Sea (not featured) to the west and the Aral Sea (not featured) to the northeast. The top of the image shows the southern part of Chimboy Lake. In contrast to this semi-arid region, irrigated land is seen on the right-hand side of the image.
This image was captured by Sentinel-1A on 28 November and directly transmitted almost 36 000 km across space by laser to the Alphasat telecommunications satellite in geostationary orbit, which then downlinked the data to Earth. All of this happened in a matter of moments and formed part of a live demonstration at ESA’s space operations centre in Germany.
The demonstration paves the way for using laser technology to deliver large volumes of data almost instantly. Alphasat carries the precursor of the European Data Relay System, Europe’s new space data highway. Having timely access to imagery from the Sentinel-1 mission, for example, is essential for numerous applications such as maritime safety and helping to respond to natural disasters.
More info in the article: Laser link offers high-speed delivery
Credit: Copernicus data/ESA (2014)
Sentinel-1B satellite lowered onto Fregat upper stage in preparation for the 22 April 2016 launch. This stage of the launch campaign took place on Thursday 14 April in the S3B preparation building of the Guiana Space Centre.
Once in orbit, it will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
Thanks largely to the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, scientists have discovered that the fast-flowing Kohler East glacier in Antarctica is rapidly siphoning ice from a neighbouring flow – at a pace never before seen. The image depicts the average change in velocity of multiple glaciers flowing into the Crosson and Dotson Ice Shelves in West Antarctica from 2005 to 2022.
Credits: ESA (data source: Selley et al., 2025, University of Leeds)
Sentinel-1A’s radar acquired the two images that make up this interferogram in its 'Interferometric wide Swath' mode on 9 and 21 August 2014 over Sicily, Italy. The rainbow-coloured fringes mainly denote differences in topography – hence the steep slopes of Mount Etna can be seen clearly. The second image was acquired after the first cycle of the Sentinel-1 satellite in its reference orbit. The interferogram shows a very good quality, demonstrating the sensor’s excellent capability for interferometric applications.
Credit: Copernicus data (2014)/ESA/DLR Microwave and Radar Institute–SEOM Insarap study
Satellite: Sentinel-1. SAR (Radar de Apertura Sintética). Visualization: urban.
Estado Delta Amacuro, región Guayana, Venezuela.
A diferencia de los sensores ópticos, que registran la luz del sol reflejada en la superficie terrestres, los sensores de radar como el del satélite Sentinel-1 emiten sus propias ondas y registran el reflejo de estas procedente de la superficie. Tienen la gran ventaja de funcionar de noche y de atravesar las nubes.
Esta imagen ha sido procesada con el navegador EO Browser (apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser) de Sentinel Hub. Sentinel Hub es un motor de procesamiento de datos satelitales, dentro del programa de observación de la Tierra Copernicus (copernicus.eu) de la Unión Europea, operado por la empresa Sinergise. EO Browser es gratuito y fácil de usar. El norte siempre está arriba.
This image has been processed using the EO Browser (apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser) by Sentinel Hub. Sentinel Hub is a satellite data processing engine, within the European Union's Earth observation programme Copernicus (copernicus.eu), operated by the Sinergise company. EO Browser is free and easy to use. North is always up.
Soyuz VS14 upper composite transferred to the launch pad in preparation for the launch of Sentinel-1B on 22 April 2016.
The Soyuz VS14 mission launching from the Guiana Space Center carries the Sentinel-1B satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program. In addition, the rocket carries the MicroSCOPE Satellite and three CubeSats to orbit.
Sentinel-1B will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme. With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
More about Sentinel-1:
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
Soyuz VS14 upper composite hoisted to the top of the service tower in preparation for the 22 April 2016 launch.
The Soyuz VS14 mission launching from the Guiana Space Center carries into orbit the Sentinel-1B satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program. In addition to the primary payload, the mission is carrying the MicroSCOPE Satellite and three CubeSats to orbit.
Once in orbit, Sentinel-1B will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
More about Sentinel-1:
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
This radar image is one of the first from the Sentinel-1A satellite, acquired on 20 April – less than three weeks after its launch on 3 April.
The image shows the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, which is the largest salt flat in the world.
Occupying over 10 000 sq km, the vast Salar de Uyuni lies at the southern end of the Altiplano, a high plain of inland drainage in the central Andes. Some 40 000 years ago, this area was part of a giant prehistoric lake that dried out, leaving behind the salt flat.
While the salt flat appears an almost homogenous white in optical satellite imagery, here we see it in shades of grey, and it looks almost like a lake. This has to do with how the radar signal reacts to different surfaces: areas where the radar signal is absorbed appear darker, while areas where the signal is reflected back to the satellite appear lighter. This gives Earth observation experts an indication of how rough or smooth the surfaces area, differences in salt density or even the presence of water.
But on the whole, the Salar de Uyuni is very flat, with a surface elevation variation of less than 1 m. This makes the area ideal for calibrating satellite radar altimeters – a different kind of radar instrument that measures surface topography. The future Sentinel-3 mission will carry a radar altimeter.
The surrounding terrain is rough in comparison to the vast salt flat and is dominated by the volcanoes of the Andes mountains forming part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Sentinel-1A is the first in the two-satellite Sentinel-1 mission for Europe’s Copernicus programme. Its radar data will be used for a variety of applications, including the surveillance of the marine environment, monitoring land-surface for motion risks, mapping for forest, water and soil management, and mapping to support humanitarian aid and crisis situations.
This image is featured on the Earth from Space video programme: www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/05/Earth_from_Space...
Produced on 19 August 2014, this is one of the first 'interferograms' generated using radar images from Sentinel-1A. The interferogram combines images acquired on 7 and 19 August in 'Interferometric Wide Swath' mode. It covers an area of 250 x 340 km with two seamless radar acquisitions and shows Italy’s Gulf of Genoa towards the top, the Po River Valley in the top right, the island of Elba lower centre and the tip of France’s island of Corsica in the lower left corner. Although Sentinel-1A is still being commissioned, this new result demonstrates how useful it will be to map the shape of the land and monitor ground movement. Synthetic aperture radar interferometry – or InSAR – is a technique where two or more satellite radar images acquired over the same area are combined to map surface topography and detect surface change.
Credit: Copernicus data (2014)/ESA/DLR Remote Sensing Technology Institute
Testing the deployment of the Sentinel-1A radar antenna in the cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, on 21 January 2014. As the satellite is designed to operate in orbit, it is hung from a structure during tests to simulate weightlessness.
The Synthetic Aperture Radar, or SAR, will provide an all-weather day-and-night supply of imagery for services such as the monitoring of Arctic sea-ice extent, routine sea-ice mapping, surveillance of the marine environment, monitoring land-surface for motion risks and mapping to support humanitarian aid and crisis situations.
Sentinel-1A – the first satellite built for the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme – is foreseen for launch in the spring of 2014 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
Read more:
www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus...
Testing the deployment of the Sentinel-1A radar antenna in the cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, on 21 January 2014. As the satellite is designed to operate in orbit, it is hung from a structure during tests to simulate weightlessness.
The Synthetic Aperture Radar, or SAR, will provide an all-weather day-and-night supply of imagery for services such as the monitoring of Arctic sea-ice extent, routine sea-ice mapping, surveillance of the marine environment, monitoring land-surface for motion risks and mapping to support humanitarian aid and crisis situations.
Sentinel-1A – the first satellite built for the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme – is foreseen for launch in the spring of 2014 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
Read more:
www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus...
Soyuz VS07 was transferred from the preparation building MIK to the Soyuz launch zone of the Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on 31 March 2014.
The vehicle was rolled out horizontally on its erector from the MIK to the launch zone and then raised into the vertical position.
Soyuz VS07 will lift off on 3 April 2014. The rocket will carry Sentinel-1, the first in the family of Copernicus satellites.
This satellite will be used to monitor many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used. It will also play a crucial role in providing timely information to help respond to natural disasters and assist humanitarian relief efforts.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
“It would take desperate men indeed to try to run a submarine through the Fjords with its tricky channels and the danger of falling ice.” - Professor Ericson (House of the 7 Gargoyles)
Greece’s Attica peninsula, with the capital and largest city of Athens appearing bright white near the centre, is captured in this radar image from Sentinel-1A on 22 April.
Athens sits on the region’s central plain and is surrounded by four large mountains, the tallest being Mount Parnitha to the north standing over 1420 m. Much of the mountain is a national park, but suffered extensive damage during the 2007 wildfires that swept the country.
In the left side of the image, bright radar reflections from ships speckle the Saronic Gulf near port cities, most notably Greece’s main port of Piraeus.
On the right, the runways of the Athens airport are evident. Smooth surfaces like airport runways or water appear dark in radar images, making them easy to identify – such as the U-shaped Marathon Reservoir in the upper right. This makes radar especially suited for identifying water resources or to monitor flood extent – information useful for emergency response efforts.
This image, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme, was acquired by Sentinel-1A’s radar in ‘interferometric wide swath’ mode, the default mode over land, which has a swath width of 250 km and a ground resolution of 5 x 20 m.
As part of the activities for European Researchers’ Night, ESA is holding a special event in Athens on 26 September at the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.
Researchers’ Night aims to increase awareness of European researchers and their work. At this year’s event, people of all ages can learn more about the world of space science and hear a special message from astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/09/Earth_from_Spac...
Time Range: 2022-02-03 / 2022-02-15
Sentinel-1 GRD + custom script with orthorectification
Author: Monja Šebela
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2022], processed by Sentinel Hub
Testing the deployment of the Sentinel-1A radar antenna in the cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, on 21 January 2014. As the satellite is designed to operate in orbit, it is hung from a structure during tests to simulate weightlessness.
The Synthetic Aperture Radar, or SAR, will provide an all-weather day-and-night supply of imagery for services such as the monitoring of Arctic sea-ice extent, routine sea-ice mapping, surveillance of the marine environment, monitoring land-surface for motion risks and mapping to support humanitarian aid and crisis situations.
Sentinel-1A – the first satellite built for the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme – is foreseen for launch in the spring of 2014 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
Read more:
www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus...
The 'upper composite' (Fregat upper stage, payload and fairing) being transferred from the integration facility to the launch pad .
Credits: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
Soyuz VS07 was transferred from the preparation building MIK to the Soyuz launch zone of the Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on 31 March 2014.
The vehicle was rolled out horizontally on its erector from the MIK to the launch zone and then raised into the vertical position.
Soyuz VS07 will lift off on 3 April 2014. The rocket will carry Sentinel-1, the first in the family of Copernicus satellites.
This satellite will be used to monitor many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used. It will also play a crucial role in providing timely information to help respond to natural disasters and assist humanitarian relief efforts.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
The night shift team in the Main Control Room pulls off collision avoidance manoeuvre to push Sentinel-1 out of harm’s way.
Credits: ESA
Soyuz VS14 upper composite hoisted to the top of the service tower in preparation for the 22 April 2016 launch.
The Soyuz VS14 mission launching from the Guiana Space Center carries into orbit the Sentinel-1B satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program. In addition to the primary payload, the mission is carrying the MicroSCOPE Satellite and three CubeSats to orbit.
Once in orbit, Sentinel-1B will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
More about Sentinel-1:
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
Date: 2021-12-19
Sentinel-1 GRD + custom script with orthorectification
Author: Monja Šebela
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2021], processed by Sentinel Hub
Landscape of Western Australia
Date: 2021-02-28
Sentinel-1 GRD + Modified Forrest Hurricane Script with orthorectification and radiometric terrain correction
Author: Monja Šebela
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2021], processed by Sentinel Hub
Landscape of Western Australia
Date: 2021-02-21
Sentinel-1 GRD + Forrest Hurricane Script with orthorectification and radiometric terrain correction
Author: Monja Šebela
Script Author: Kamil Onoszko
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2021], processed by Sentinel Hub
Only launched two months ago and still in the process of being commissioned for service, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite has, remarkably, shown how its radar data can be used to map the shape of Earth’s land surface with extreme precision. These first cross-satellite ‘interferometry’ results assure its ability to monitor subsidence, uplift, glacier flow, and disasters such as landslides and earthquakes.
This cross-satellite interferogram is of the Atacama Desert plateau in northern Chile and was generated from images acquired just one day apart, by Sentinel-1A on 19 January and Sentinel-1C on 20 January. The ‘grey-scale amplitude’ radar image is for reference.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2025), processed by DLR Microwaves & Radar Institute/ESA
Image center ~$ 4.6301, -75.7343
Process ~$ SAR Interferometry and multidirectional hillshade by @unmaperomas
Contains ~$ Imagery modified Copernicus Sentinel 1(DESC) data 2021, and Copernicus DEM - Global 30 processed by ESA; Waterways and volcanoes by OpenStreetMap
Oh ya! That's a removable control console that can be attached to the front section of the spacious hull. Now we just need more men for ultimate underwater attack. Need to go find Ace!
Landscape of Western Australia
Date: 2021-02-21
Sentinel-1 GRD + Forrest Hurricane Script with orthorectification and radiometric terrain correction
Author: Monja Šebela
Script Author: Kamil Onoszko
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2021], processed by Sentinel Hub
Date: 2022-02-10
Sentinel-1 GRD + custom script with orthorectification
Author: Monja Šebela
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2022], processed by Sentinel Hub
Soyuz VS14 upper composite in the S3B preparation building in preparation for the 22 April 2016 launch.
Once in orbit, it will provide radar images of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
With the Sentinel-1 mission designed as a two-satellite constellation, Sentinel-1B will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, which was launched two years ago.
More about Sentinel-1:
Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2016
This Sentinel-1A image was acquired on 26 July 2014 over the coast of northwestern Italy while the Costa Concordia cruise ship (enlarged) was being towed towards the city of Genoa.
The ship capsized near the island of Giglio in January 2012. Following more than two years of salvage operations, the ship began its final journey under tow on 23 July 2014, arriving at the port of Genoa four days later.
During the towing, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre analysed satellite radar images – such as the one here – over the route for pollution and ship traffic.
Sentinel-1A is the first satellite launched for Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. Surveillance of the marine environment, including oil-spill monitoring and ship detection, is one of the mission’s main tasks. Although Sentinel-1A is still being commissioned to prepare for routine operations, early images like this demonstrate the value of its radar vision.
The Copernicus programme also supported recovery operations of the Costa Concordia.
Credit: ESA
Date: 2021-11-10
Sentinel-1 GRD + Custom Script
Script Author: @sergioajv1
Image Author: Monja Šebela
Contains modified Copernicus [2021] data, processed by Sentinel Hub