Mission
Earth Science · SSO
Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. It's a satellite constellation of two identical spacecrafts, Sentinel-2A and -2B. Both carry an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a new perspective of our…
What it put in orbit
Passes over you When will it cross your sky, and can you see it?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| SENTINEL-2B 2017-013A | Payload | 788 × 790 km · 98.6° | Globe |
| AVUM R/B 2017-013B | Rocket body | re-entered 2017-03-07 |
COSPAR ID 2017-013. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).