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 Details

  • Launch date: March 7, 2017 at 01:49 AM UTC
  • Launch vehicle: Vega
  • Operator: Arianespace
  • Launch site: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
  • Mission type: Earth Science