Sentinel-2

Free medium resolution 10 m optical satellite imagery, acquired worldwide. The collection contains data from 2017 to the present.


Overview

Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission from the Copernicus programme of the European Space Agency. It provides free imagery acquired by the Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, and Sentinel-2C 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 productSpectral bands combination
Level 2A13-band: multispectral (RGB, deep blue, red edge, NIR, and SWIR)

Specifications

General

Specification Description
Provider European Space Agency
Collection type

Catalog is available free of charge

Product type Optical
System type Satellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution

Band-dependent:

  • 10 m
  • 20 m
  • 60 m
Bit depth per pixelAcquired 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

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeMono
OrbitSun-synchronous, at 786 km
Number of satellites3
Catalog refresh rateEvery 5 days

Band data

SpecificationDescription
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: 1,610 nm (short-wave infrared)
  • Band 12: 2,190 nm (short-wave infrared)

60 m:

  • Band 1: 443 nm (coastal aerosol)
  • Band 9: 940 nm (water vapour)
  • Band 10: 1,375 nm (short-wave infrared + cirrus)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy8 m CE95 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI

Availability:

  • Europe: From 2017
  • Globally: From 2018

Output: 110 km × 110 km scene

API integration

Data productTypeName and IDCollection name
Level 2ACatalog

Name: sentinel-2-level-2a

ID: c3de9ed8-f6e5-4bb5-a157-f6430ba756da

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