Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission from the Copernicus programme of the European Space Agency. It provides free imagery acquired by the twin constellation Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B at a combined revisit rate of 5 days anywhere on the globe. The datasets are available starting with 2017. See more on the marketplace.
The geographic coverage is global.
| Data product | Type | Spectral bands combination |
|---|
| Level 2A | Catalog | 13-band: multispectral (RGB, deep blue, red edge, NIR, and SWIR) |
| Specification | Description |
|---|
| Collection type | Catalog |
| Product type | Optical |
| System type | Satellite |
| Specification | Description |
|---|
| Resolution | Band-dependent: |
| Bit depth per pixel | Acquired as 12-bit and delivered as 16-bit in imagery |
| Delivery format | A ZIP file containing the following files:- Data (GeoTIFF)
- Metadata (GeoJSON, JSON, XML)
- Masks (GeoTIFF)
- Indexes (GeoTIFF)
- Visuals (GeoTIFF)
- Thumbnails (JPEG)
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| Specification | Description |
|---|
| Acquisition mode | Mono |
| Orbit | Sun-synchronous, at 786 km |
| Catalog refresh rate | Every 5 days |
| Specification | Description |
|---|
| Spectral bands | 10 m:- Band 2: 490 nm (blue)
- Band 3: 560 nm (green)
- Band 4: 665 nm (red)
- Band 8: 842 nm (near-infrared)
20 m:- Band 5: 705 nm (vegetation red edge)
- Band 6: 740 nm (vegetation red edge)
- Band 7: 783 nm (vegetation red edge)
- Band 8A: 865 nm (narrow near-infrared)
- Band 11: 1610 nm (short-wave infrared)
- Band 12: 2190 nm (short-wave infrared)
60 m:- Band 1: 443 nm (coastal aerosol)
- Band 9: 940 nm (water vapour)
- Band 10: 1375 nm (short-wave infrared + cirrus)
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| Limitation | Value |
|---|
| Input | AOI |
| Availability | Europe: from 2017
Globally: from 2018 |
| Output | 110×110 km scene |
| Data product | Type | Name and ID | Collection name |
|---|
| Level 2A | Catalog | Name: sentinel-2-level-2a
ID: c3de9ed8-f6e5-4bb5-a157-f6430ba756da | sentinel-2 |
