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A €105 million contract for the construction of the spacecraft was signed in March 2010 by ESA's
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758:. Arianespace. 27 February 2017. Archived from
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635:. SupremeSAT. 16 June 2016
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733:. European Space Agency
688:. European Space Agency
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201:7 March 2017, 01:49:24
1752:Hubble Space Telescope
1320:Space Astronomy Centre
731:"Sentinel-2B unveiled"
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563:"Sentinel 2B - Orbit"
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3215:USA-278 /
3192:Amazonas 5
3185:USA-277 /
3158:Formosat-5
3061:Shijian-18
3014:ROBUSTA-1B
2902:GhanaSat-1
2827:Koreasat 7
2819:USA-276 /
2804:SilkRoad-1
2800:Tianzhou 1
2780:(ALTAIR ,
2771:Shijian 13
2721:Intruder 8
2409:Phootprint
2389:Marco Polo
2230:Technology
2060:MetOp-SG-B
2052:MetOp-SG-A
2028:Sentinel-4
1999:ADM-Aeolus
1979:Sentinel-3
1961:Sentinel-2
1947:Sentinel-1
1875:Copernicus
1770:XMM-Newton
1588:Cluster II
1394:Copernicus
1365:Programmes
1293:Facilities
1243:Spaceports
1032:TerraSAR-X
1027:Radarsat-2
972:(Nov 2020)
962:(Apr 2018)
954:(Oct 2017)
946:(Mar 2017)
938:(Apr 2016)
930:(Feb 2016)
922:(Jun 2015)
914:(Apr 2014)
895:Sentinel-7
890:Sentinel-6
885:Sentinel-5
880:Sentinel-4
875:Sentinel-3
870:Sentinel-2
865:Sentinel-1
850:satellites
796:at ESA.int
737:1 February
692:1 February
686:flickr.com
665:1 February
639:1 February
617:1 February
478:References
413:Sentinel-2
386:Sentinel-2
234:Contractor
180:1700 watts
169:Dimensions
137:Sentinel-2
3488:AngoSat 1
3450:FOC 15-18
3293:Quasar 21
3223:AsiaSat 9
3208:GLONASS-M
3179:September
2989:COMPASS-2
2726:Tiankun-1
2654:Telkom-3S
2450:CryoSat-1
2424:STE-QUEST
2359:Eddington
2349:e.Deorbit
2300:Cancelled
2172:Olympus-1
2014:EarthCARE
1935:CryoSat-2
1784:(2006–13)
1760:(1992–93)
1746:Hipparcos
1720:cosmology
1127:Altimetry
353:(S-band),
346:Bandwidth
328:support),
71:2017-013A
65:COSPAR ID
3427:December
3333:BeiDou-3
3326:BeiDou-3
3319:November
3308:Flock-3m
3169:IRNSS-1H
3081:Flock-2k
2983:CICERO-6
2908:Mazaalai
2878:ViaSat-2
2682:Flock-3p
2643:February
2613:TRICOM-1
2511:Wikinews
2487:Category
2107:Columbus
2031:) (2024)
1841:ARRAKIHS
1794:Herschel
1776:INTEGRAL
1706:EnVision
1659:ExoMars
1515:EUMETSAT
1406:Columbus
1399:Sentinel
1279:Ariane 6
1274:Ariane 5
1103:RapidEye
1088:Pléiades
1068:Deimos-2
1037:TanDEM-X
996:missions
904:Launches
848:Sentinel
714:11 March
595:10 March
437:forestry
337:through
326:TT&C
277:Altitude
161:Dry mass
53:Operator
3447:Galileo
3415:Lemur-2
3382:NOAA-20
3363:Lemur-2
3357:EcAMSat
3289:USA-279
3247:October
3238:BSAT-4a
3139:ASTERIA
3100:Lemur-2
3045:GSAT-17
3001:Lemur-2
2959:Aalto-1
2940:ÑuSat 3
2921:GSAT-19
2786:IceCube
2746:USA-275
2717:USA-274
2689:Lemur-2
2620:USA-273
2588:January
2499:Commons
2476:italics
2445:Cluster
2429:THESEUS
2414:SOLARIS
2289:PROBA-3
2282:OPS-SAT
2264:PROBA-V
2258:PROBA-2
2246:PROBA-1
2196:HYLAS-1
2190:GIOVE-B
2184:GIOVE-A
2178:Artemis
2006:Biomass
1905:Envisat
1844:(2030s)
1643:Rosetta
1631:SMART-1
1625:Huygens
1576:Ulysses
1556:Science
1431:ExoMars
1421:GALILEO
1411:CryoSat
1372:Artemis
1351:ESTRACK
1256:Esrange
1170:Envisat
1165:CALIPSO
1139:CryoSat
1134:Envisat
1108:Ingenio
1098:Proba-V
1063:Envisat
1051:Optical
1017:Envisat
858:Classes
769:9 March
573:9 March
547:9 March
521:23 June
363:Optical
215:(VV-09)
98:Website
86:SATCAT
3467:GCOM-C
3305:× 6 ,
3303:SkySat
3270:SES-11
3254:VRSS-2
3148:TDRS-M
3118:August
2846:SES-15
2831:SGDC-1
2782:CXBN-2
2755:SES-10
2676:DIDO-2
2670:BGUSAT
2580:2018 →
2565:← 2016
2455:GEOS 1
2438:Failed
2404:ODINUS
2374:Hopper
2369:Hermes
2364:EXPERT
2292:(2024)
2272:(2015)
2254:(2007)
2242:(1998)
2168:(1978)
2166:GEOS 2
2151:(2021)
2145:(2014)
2139:(2013)
2133:(2012)
2127:(2011)
2119:Cupola
2115:(2008)
2079:(2027)
2071:(2025)
2063:(2025)
2055:(2025)
2047:(2025)
2039:(2025)
2036:ALTIUS
2017:(2024)
2009:(2024)
1860:(2035)
1852:(2035)
1849:Athena
1836:(2029)
1828:(2026)
1818:Euclid
1806:CHEOPS
1788:Planck
1758:Eureca
1740:EXOSAT
1709:(2031)
1701:(2029)
1693:(2028)
1684:(2024)
1676:(2023)
1647:Philae
1619:Giotto
1604:(2031)
1570:ISEE-2
1384:Aurora
1175:Merlin
1093:Prisma
517:. 2013
463:Launch
359:X-band
331:X-band
322:S-band
296:Period
290:98.56°
280:780 km
267:Regime
224:Kourou
209:Rocket
3478:31–40
3471:SLATS
3438:LKW-1
3265:QZS-4
3187:OTV-5
3163:ORS-5
3129:VENµS
2891:NICER
2873:QZS-2
2764:April
2750:WGS-9
2710:March
2629:DSN-2
2595:TJS-2
2419:SPICA
2214:EGNOS
2076:FORUM
2068:SMILE
1941:Swarm
1917:MetOp
1893:ERS-2
1887:ERS-1
1833:ARIEL
1825:PLATO
1782:CoRoT
1728:Cos-B
1691:rover
1601:Vigil
1525:GEWEX
1468:Pride
1426:ELIPS
1416:EGNOS
1185:MetOp
1149:SARAL
1118:VENµS
1083:HiROS
1078:EnMAP
1058:ERS-2
1012:ERS-2
763:(PDF)
756:(PDF)
511:(PDF)
177:Power
93:42063
59:(ESA)
3417:× 10
3261:× 10
3217:NROL
3083:× 48
3054:July
3037:× 10
2866:June
2821:NROL
2684:× 88
2607:× 10
2573:2017
2379:LOFT
2354:EChO
2334:CSTS
2309:AIDA
2252:YES2
2044:FLEX
1929:SMOS
1923:GOCE
1857:LISA
1800:Gaia
1681:Hera
1582:SOHO
1436:FLPP
1284:Vega
1113:SPOT
771:2017
739:2017
716:2023
694:2017
667:2017
641:2017
619:2017
597:2017
575:2017
549:2017
523:2015
435:and
333:and
318:Band
213:Vega
3484:× 3
3389:× 3
3365:× 8
3310:× 4
3230:× 3
3219:-42
3211:752
3102:× 8
3003:× 8
2856:EKS
2823:-76
2813:May
2691:× 8
2270:IXV
2240:ARD
2092:ISS
1764:ISO
1734:IUE
1389:ATV
1377:ESM
1042:Paz
1004:SAR
419:'s
228:SLV
203:UTC
88:no.
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3469:,
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3367:,
3360:,
3354:,
3336:M2
3331:,
3329:M1
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2986:,
2980:,
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1987:3B
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1983:3A
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1973:2C
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1969:2B
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1965:2A
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1955:1B
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