Vega | Sentinel-2B

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Vega | Sentinel-2B

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 land and vegetation.

Mission type: Earth Science · Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Rocket: Vega · Provider: Arianespace

Launch pad

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · View on map (opens in new tab)