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Sentinel 1A

completedLaunch 2014-016
Launched 4/3/2014LEOService COSat SSO D
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Sentinel-1A
retired
Earth Observation
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
4/3/2014
Launch ID
2014-016
Launch Profile
Sat SSO D
Service Type
CO
Customer Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
ArianeSpace
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-ST-A Fregat
Launch Site
Ensemble de Lancement Soyuz (Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise)GU
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Earth Observation 1
Track
Mentions
30
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Sentinel-1A was the first satellite launched for Copernicus in April 2014.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Aug 11, 2022ESA Announces the End of Mission for Copernicus Sentinel-1B Satellite

Sentinel-1A was the first satellite launched for Copernicus in April 2014.

PlanValue 2.5Aug 5, 2022Mission ends for Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

Deorbiting of Sentinel-1B will be carried out according to ESA space debris mitigation requirements in place at the time of Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B design, with atmospheric re-entry required to take place within 25 years.

LegalPlanValue 3.8Aug 4, 2022Copernicus Sentinel-1B decommissioned by ESA / EC due to a December 23, 2021, satellite anomaly

Sentinel-1A was launched in April 2014 as the first satellite for the Copernicus Earth Observation component of the European Union’s space program.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Aug 4, 2022Copernicus Sentinel-1B decommissioned by ESA / EC due to a December 23, 2021, satellite anomaly

Sentinel-1C will round out the initial capacity offered by Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B to provide environmental and security monitoring via spaceborne radar systems.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.3Apr 11, 2022Arianespace’s New Contract With ESA Is To Launch Radar Satellite, Sentinel-1C, On Vega-C

Arianespace launched Sentinel-1A in 2014 and Sentinel-1B in 2016.

PlanGeneralValue 2.5Apr 11, 2022Arianespace’s New Contract With ESA Is To Launch Radar Satellite, Sentinel-1C, On Vega-C

Sentinel-1C will round out the initial capacity offered by Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B to provide radar-based environmental and security monitoring.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.5Apr 7, 2022Arianespace to Propel The Sentinel-1C To Orbit Aboard A Vega-C Launch Vehicle

Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B were launched by Arianespace in 2014 and 2016, respectively.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Apr 7, 2022Arianespace to Propel The Sentinel-1C To Orbit Aboard A Vega-C Launch Vehicle

Sentinel-1A provided the first radar images of the remnants of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano after the 2022-01-15 eruption.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Jan 18, 2022ESA considering moving up radar satellite launch after Sentinel-1B malfunction

The European Commission inaugurated the Copernicus environmental monitoring system in 2014 with the launch of the Sentinel-1A radar satellite.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 23, 2020Airbus signs $350 million contract to build CRISTAL ice-monitoring satellite for EU
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