5. Feature Description
Spacecrafts 2 operating in twin configuration
Instrument MSI (Multi-Spectral Instrument) operating in
pushbroom principle (filter based optical system)
Spectral bands 13 (VISNIRSWIR)
Spatial Resolution 10m / 20m / 60m
Swath 290 km
Orbit Sun-synchronous at 786 km (14+3/10 revs per
day), with LTDN 10:30 AM
Revisit Periodicity 10-day with 1 satellite
5 day with 2 satellites
Lifetime 7.25 years, extendable to 12 years
Launch 2015/2016
7. Name High-level
Description
Production Preservation
Strategy
Volume
Level-1B Top-of-atmosphere
radiances in sensor
geometry
Systematic Long-term 27 MB
(each
25x23km2
)
Level-1C Top-of-atmosphere
reflectance in
cartographic geometry
Systematic Long-term 500 MB
(each
100x100km2
)
Level-2A Bottom-of-atmosphere
reflectance in
cartographic geometry
(prototype product)
On user side
(using
Sentinel-2
Toolbox)
N/A 600 MB
(each
100x100km2
)