Operational
Sentinel-1A
Sentinel-1A uses synthetic-aperture radar to image land, oceans and ice regardless of cloud cover or daylight. Its data supports disaster response, sea-ice monitoring and ground deformation mapping.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Earth Science
TYPE
Earth Observation
COUNTRY
Europe (ESA)
OPERATOR
ESA / Copernicus
LAUNCH DATE
Apr 3, 2014
LAUNCH SITE
Guiana Space Centre
ORBIT CLASS
LEO
ALTITUDE · KM
696
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
98.68
INCLINATION · DEG
98.18
APOGEE · KM
697
PERIGEE · KM
695
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