Sentinel-1B

Sentinel-1B
Mission type Earth observation
Operator ESA
COSPAR ID 2016-025A
SATCAT no. 41456
Website Sentinel-1 (ESA)
Mission duration Planned: 7 years[1]
Elapsed: 2 years, 5 months, 24 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Sentinel-1
Bus Prima[2]
Manufacturer Thales Alenia Space
Airbus Defence and Space[1]
Launch mass 2,164 kg (4,771 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 25 April 2016, 21:02 (2016-04-25UTC21:02) UTC[3]
Rocket Soyuz-STA/Fregat-M[4]
Launch site Kourou ELS[4]
Contractor Arianespace

Sentinel-1B is a European radar imaging satellite launched on 25 April 2016. It is the second of two satellites in the Sentinel-1 constellation, part of the European Union's Copernicus programme on Earth observation. The satellite carries a C-SAR sensor, capable of providing high-resolution imagery regardless of weather conditions.

Satellite made its first observation on 28 April, capturing 250 km wide image of Austfonna glacier on Svalbard.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Facts and figures / Sentinel-1". ESA. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Thales Alenia Space flies high at the Space Symposium". Thales Group. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sentinel-1B liftoff delayed another 24 hours". ESA. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Sentinel 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sentinel-1B delivers". ESA. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

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