April 3, 2015

Sentinel-1A Celebrates Its Successful First Year

April 3, 2015—Having orbited Earth more than 5300 times while providing radar vision for Europe’s Copernicus programme, the Sentinel-1A satellite has completed a successful first year. The satellite carries an advanced radar to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of images of Earth’s surface. Just weeks after its launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, its