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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Identity
- Aliases
- Sentinel-1BCopernicus Sentinel-1BSentinel-1B satellite
- Name
- Sentinel-1B
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- 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.
- Destination
- Polar, Sun-synchronous orbit at 693 km for all-weather, day-and-night C-band radar imaging of sea ice, marine conditions, land motion, environmental change, and disaster response
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2016-04-25
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.esa.int/Sentinel-1
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:49:53 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 07:23:26 UTC
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- Affiliations
- Space Stations
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- Vehicles