Sentinel-2

Airbus built Sentinel-2C satellite successfully launched

Space/C4ISR, UE / By Defence Industry Europe

The third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite has been successfully launched on a Vega rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.

The view from space is crucial for observing our blue planet even more closely to obtain more precise data for tackling climate change as well as for monitoring and mapping the Earth's surface. Therefore, work is already underway to develop the next generation of Sentinel-2 satellites for the European Earth observation programme Copernicus. The OHB System AG, a subsidiary of the space and technology group OHB SE, has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the mission and system definition of the Next Generation Sentinel-2 mission, and to prepare the following implementation phase. Two parallel contracts of a volume of six million euros each and a nominal duration of 2.5 years have been awarded by ESA for this so-called definition phase.

OHB System signs contract for the development the next generation of Sentinel-2 satellites

EU, Space/C4ISR / By Defence Industry Europe

The OHB System AG has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the mission and system definition of the Next Generation Sentinel-2 mission.