Sentinel-2

Overview

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.

A Sentinel-2 image

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The geographic coverage is global.

Data products

Data product	Type	Spectral bands combination
Level 2A	Catalog	13-band: multispectral (RGB, deep blue, red edge, NIR, and SWIR)

Specifications

General

Specification	Description
Collection type	Catalog
Product type	Optical
System type	Satellite

Data

Specification	Description
Resolution	Band-dependent: 10 m 20 m 60 m
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)
Masks	An SCL GeoTIFF file containing the following masks: Cloud Environmental ROI Transparency Water

Processing levels

	Primary	Georectified	Orthorectified
Basic
TOA
Surface reflectance			Level 2A
Display

System

Specification	Description
Acquisition mode	Mono
Orbit	Sun-synchronous, at 786 km
Catalog refresh rate	Every 5 days

Band data

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)

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)

Geographic reference

Specification	Description
Coordinate reference system	UTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy	8 m CE95 absolute

Limitations

Limitation	Value
Input	AOI
Availability	Europe: from 2017 Globally: from 2018
Output	110×110 km scene

API integration

Data product	Type	Name and ID	Collection name
Level 2A	Catalog	Name: `sentinel-2-level-2a` ID: `c3de9ed8-f6e5-4bb5-a157-f6430ba756da`	`sentinel-2`