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SENTINEL-2C
Multispectral Land Monitoring · ESA / Copernicus
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The third Sentinel-2 ensures continuity of 10-meter land monitoring well into the 2030s. With three satellites, the combined constellation provides global land coverage every 2-3 days — fast enough to track vegetation across a full growing season, detect new deforestation within days, and monitor every major agricultural region continuously.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 492–494 mi (792–794 km)
- Inclination
- 98.6°
- One orbit
- 100.6 minutes14.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60989
- Int’l designator
- 2024-157A
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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