Sentinel-2

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  • SENTINEL-2
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  • [Launch Date: Estimated June 2014] Numerous services of high strategic important and economic value are currently being provided based on data from the SPOT or Landsat series of satellites. The lifetime of SPOT-5 and Landsat is coming to an end. It is necessary to provide continuity and thus guarantee the availability of data to service providers and users. Enhancement as required by the growing user demand for higher service quality shall be considered. Action has to be started urgently as recognised also by ESA and EC, including the recent communication to European Parliament on Establishing a GMES Capacity by 2008.In addition, activities related to the accommodation of the IR sensor on Sentinel 2 will be added during the second part of the definition study. Summary source: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMZHM0DU8E_LPgmes_0.html Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: SENTINEL-2 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: Sentinel GMES Short_Name: SENTINEL-2 End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 786 km Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2009-12-18 Online_Resource: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMZHM0DU8E_LPgmes_0.html Online_Resource: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMXK570A2G_environment_0.html Online_Resource: http://ec.europa.eu/gmes/index_en.htm Online_Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_2 Sample_Image: http://www.esa.int/images/sentinel2_M.gif Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Site: Kourou, French Guiana Design_Life: 7 years Primary_Sponsor: ESA/EU End_Group End_Group
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission from the Copernicus Programme that systematically acquires optical imagery at high spatial resolution (10 m to 60 m) over land and coastal waters. The mission is currently a constellation with two satellites, Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B; a third satellite, Sentinel-2C, is currently undergoing testing in preparation for launch in 2024. The mission supports a broad range of services and applications such as agricultural monitoring, emergencies management, land cover classification or water quality. Sentinel-2 has been developed and is being operated by the European Space Agency, and the satellites were manufactured by a consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen.

    センチネル-2 は、 ESA が コペルニクス計画 の一環として開発している地球観測ミッションであり、森林監視や土地被覆変化の検出、自然災害対策などの事業を支援するような地表観測を行う。同一仕様の2機の衛星 センチネル-2Aとセンチネル-2Bから構成される。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sentinel-2)