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Sentinel-1B

Sentinel-1B is the second satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, launched on 25 April 2016 on Soyuz VS14 from Kourou. Together with Sentinel-1A, its C-band synthetic-aperture radar provides all-weather, day-and-night imagery for sea-ice, marine, land-motion, environmental, and disaster-response monitoring.

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Sentinel-1BCopernicus Sentinel-1BSentinel-1B satellite
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Sentinel-1B
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Sentinel-1B is the second satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, launched on 25 April 2016 on Soyuz VS14 from Kourou. Together with Sentinel-1A, its C-band synthetic-aperture radar provides all-weather, day-and-night imagery for sea-ice, marine, land-motion, environmental, and disaster-response monitoring.
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Start Date
2016-04-25
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Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 21:49:53 UTC
Updated Time
August 13, 2026 at 21:49:53 UTC

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