Sentinel-2B getting closer to space

Launching of the Sentinel-2B optical satellite is planned for 7th March. New satellite will join its twin Sentinel-2A satellite which is already in the orbit since June 2015. All of the operational tests that were conducted from 2016, ended up successfully, thanks to which Sentinel-2B has been transported to the spaceport in French Guiana.

Thanks to the Sentinel-2B launch, the Sentinel-2 constellation revisit time over a given area shortened to 5 days. Like his twin satellite, the Sentinel-2B will be equipped with an MSI optical instrument with 13 spectral channels, 290 km-wide swath and will be acquiring imagery with high spatial resolution: 10, 20 and 60 m depending on spectral channel.

The Sentinel-2 mission is dedicated to deliver optical, multispectral images widely used in environmental studies and for monitoring of lands and coasts. Sentinel-2 satellites are used also in crisis management and humanitarian aid. Data coming from the Sentinel-2 are used among others for monitoring of areas struck by natural disasters like floods (delineation of extent and determination of effects), fires (assessment of risk, detection of burned area and evaluation of effects) or landslides (detection of extent).

More information on Space Mission Sentinel-2: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-2/Sentinel-2B_launch_preparations_off_to_a_flying_start

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