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SENTINEL-2A
Multispectral Land Monitoring · ESA
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The first Copernicus land monitoring satellite, Sentinel-2A delivers 10-meter multispectral imagery every 5 days — globally, freely, forever. Its 13 bands identify crop stress weeks before visible wilting, detect deforestation the week it happens, and map every major flood within hours. More agricultural and environmental software has been built on Sentinel-2 data than any other satellite in history.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 492–493 mi (792–794 km)
- Inclination
- 98.6°
- One orbit
- 100.6 minutes14.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40697
- Int’l designator
- 2015-028A
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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