Mission type Earth observation COSPAR ID 2015-028A Website Sentinel-2 (ESA) Launch mass 1,140 kg Inclination 98.5623° Manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space | Operator ESA SATCAT no. 40697 Launch date 23 June 2015 Inclination 98.5623° Rocket Vega | |
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Mission duration Planned: 7 years
Elapsed: 1 year, 9 months, 6 days Similar Sentinel‑1A, Sentinel‑3A, Sentinel‑1B, Sentinel‑5 Precursor, Proba‑V | ||
Sentinel 2a liftoff
Sentinel-2A is a European optical imaging satellite launched in 2015. It is the first Sentinel-2 satellite launched as part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme. The satellite carries a wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands. It will perform terrestrial observations in support of services such as forest monitoring, land cover changes detection, and natural disaster management.
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Sentinel 2a ready to launch
Launch
Sentinel 2A was launched by a Vega rocket on 23 June 2015 at 01:52 UTC. The satellite separated from the upper stage 54 min 43 s after liftoff.
Orbital operation
The satellite captured its first image 100 hours after launch, making a 290 km wide swath from Sweden through Central Europe to Algeria. Commissioning occurred in October 2015.
Between 20 and 23 January 2017 the spacecraft suffered a mission planning anomaly which resulted in loss of data from the Multi-Spectral Imager.
