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European Space Agency (ESA)Sentinel 1A
4/3/2014
The European Commission inaugurated the Copernicus environmental monitoring system in 2014 with the launch of the Sentinel-1A radar satellite.
The European Commission inaugurated the Copernicus environmental monitoring system in 2014 with the launch of the Sentinel-1A radar satellite.
Sentinel-1A provided the first radar images of the remnants of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano after the 2022-01-15 eruption.
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.
Sentinel-1C will round out the initial capacity offered by Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B to provide radar-based environmental and security monitoring.
Sentinel-1C currently operates with Sentinel-1A to deliver radar images of Earth’s surface in all weather conditions, day and night.