Sentinel Satellite Data Bands
Sentinel 2 launched as part of the european commission s copernicus program on june 23 2015 was designed specifically to deliver a wealth of data and imagery.
Sentinel satellite data bands. Take a look at our sentinel hub brochure for more information. This data portal is managed by the european space agency esa and contains all the latest acquisitions from all the sentinel satellites. B2 490 nm b3 560 nm b4 665 nm and b8 842 nm. This mission is composed of a constellation of two satellites sentinel 1a and sentinel 1b which share the same orbital plane they carry a c band synthetic aperture radar instrument which provides a collection of data in all weather day or night.
Together they cover all earth s land surfaces large islands and inland. The sentinel 2a satellite was launched by esa on june 23 2015 and operates in a sun synchronous orbit with a 10 day repeat cycle. If you re looking to download sentinel 2 data you re best bet is the sentinel open access hub previously known as sentinels scientific data hub. 10 metre spatial resolution.
Four bands at 10 metres six bands at 20 metres and three bands at 60 metres spatial resolution. The mission is a constellation with two twin satellites sentinel 2a and sentinel 2b. The satellite is equipped with an opto electronic multispectral sensor for surveying with a sentinel 2 resolution of 10 to 60 m in the visible near infrared vnir and short wave. The acquired data mission coverage and high revisit frequency provides for the generation of geoinformation at local regional national and international scales.
Sentinel 2a satellite is the first civil optical earth observation mission of its kind to include three bands in the red edge which provide key information on the vegetation state. The mission supports a broad range of services and applications such as agricultural monitoring emergencies management. If you want a step by step guide then we ve created a tutorial. Sentinel 2a satellite will be able to see very early changes in plant health due to its high temporal spatial resolution and 3 red edge bands.
Sentinel 2 10 m spatial resolution bands. 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 sentinel 1 is equipped with twin polar orbiting satellites designed to provide a spatial data for environment and security warranting global economic and business growth. Sentinel 1 bands allow to get imagery in all weather conditions.
Sentinel 2 data access and software. The satellites are to operate day and night and perform a synthetic aperture with radar imaging. Get satellite imagery on your table without worrying about synchronization issues storage processing de compression algorithms meta data or sensor bands. A second identical satellite sentinel 2b was launched march 7 2017 and is operational with data acquisitions available on earthexplorer.