Sentinel-2A

Summary

Sentinel-2A is a Sentinel-2^[1]. Sentinel-2A draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (sentinel_2 category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sentinel-2A's image is recorded as Sentinel 2-IMG 5873-white (crop).jpg^[3].
• Sentinel-2A's image is recorded as South Georgia Island as seen by Sentinel-2.jpg^[4].
• Sentinel-2A's instance of is recorded as Sentinel-2^[5].
• Sentinel-2A's operator is recorded as European Space Agency^[6].
• Sentinel-2A's followed by is recorded as Sentinel-2B^[7].
• Sentinel-2A's manufacturer is recorded as Airbus DS GmbH^[8].
• Sentinel-2A's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2015-028A^[9].
• Sentinel-2A's part of is recorded as Sentinel programme^[10].
• Sentinel-2A's space launch vehicle is recorded as Vega^[11].
• Sentinel-2A's SCN is recorded as 40697^[12].
• Sentinel-2A's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth^[13].
• Sentinel-2A's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[14].
• Sentinel-2A's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit^[15].
• Sentinel-2A's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2015-06-23T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Sentinel-2A's spacecraft bus is recorded as AstroSat-500 Mk. 2^[17].
• Sentinel-2A's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[18].
• Sentinel-2A's launch contractor is recorded as Arianespace^[19].
• Sentinel-2A's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0001045'}^[20].
• Sentinel-2A's carries scientific instrument is recorded as Multispectral Imager^[21].
• Sentinel-2A's start point is recorded as Ensemble de Lancement Vega^[22].
• Sentinel-2A's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3.4'}^[23].
• Sentinel-2A's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+98.6'}^[24].
• Sentinel-2A's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.35'}^[25].
• Sentinel-2A's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.8'}^[26].
• Sentinel-2A's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1140'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Sentinel-2A draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (sentinel_2 category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2] Sentinel-2A has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Sentinel-2A is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]