The increased bandwidth of the survey, along with the high repeatability of surveys, allows you to track rapidly changing processes, such as changes of vegetation during the growing season. Sentinel-2 data provides GMES services related to land management, agricultural production and forestry, as well as monitoring of natural disasters and humanitarian operations. The uniqueness of the Sentinel-2 mission is due to the combination of large territorial coverage, frequent re-surveys and systematic obtaining of full coverage of the entire Earth by multispectral survey of medium resolution.
Technical characteristics of the spacecrafts Sentinel‑2A, 2B:
| Name of the spacecraft | Sentinel-2A, 2B |
|---|---|
| Developer | EADS Astrium Satellites (France) |
| Operator | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Launch vehicle | РН Vega (France) |
| Launch date |
June 23, 2015 (Sentinel-2A), March 7, 2017 (Sentinel-2B) |
|
Orbit: height, km inclination, degree |
Solar-synchronous 786 98,5 |
| Mass of spacecraft, kg | 1200 |
| Estimated period of operation (years) | 7 |
Technical characteristics of the shooting equipment Sentinel‑2A, 2B:
| Shooting mode | Hyperspectral | ||
| Spectral ranges, microns |
0.490 0.560 0.665 0.842 |
0.705 0.740 0.783 0.865 1.610 2.190 |
0.443 0.945 1.375 |
| Spatial resolution, m | 10 | 20 | 60 |
| Radiometric resolution, bits per pixel | 12 | ||
| Shooting bandwidth, km | 290 | ||
| Frequency of shooting per day | 10 | ||
Main areas of using data obtained from sentinel‑2A, 2B spacecrafts:
- monitoring of agricultural crops.
- inventory of agricultural land, creation of land use plans, precision agriculture.
- monitoring of emergency situations.
- inventory and assessment of forest condition.
- wide range of tasks in the field of environmental protection.
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