Sentinel-1, the first Earth observation satellite to be built for Europe’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. The satellite will carry a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Altitude: 700 km Launch foreseen in 2011 Prime contractor: Thales Alenia Space, SAR supplied by EADS Astrium. Image: ESA (click to enlarge) |
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