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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

3D model is aproximate

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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