Sentinel-2B
Sentinel-2B is the second satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, launched on 7 March 2017 on a Vega from Kourou. It doubles the constellation’s high-resolution optical coverage for Copernicus land, vegetation, agriculture, water, pollution, and disaster monitoring.
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- Aliases
- Sentinel-2BCopernicus Sentinel-2BSentinel-2B satellite
- Name
- Sentinel-2B
- Status
- active
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- Description
- Sentinel-2B is the second satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, launched on 7 March 2017 on a Vega from Kourou. It doubles the constellation’s high-resolution optical coverage for Copernicus land, vegetation, agriculture, water, pollution, and disaster monitoring.
- Destination
- Polar, Sun-synchronous orbit at 786 km for high-resolution multispectral imaging of land, vegetation, agriculture, forests, inland and coastal waters, pollution, and disaster risk
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2017-03-07
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:41:43 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 07:19:36 UTC
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