Less than a week after its launch, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite has delivered its first radar images of Earth—offering a glimpse into its capabilities for environmental monitoring.
Looking somewhat like a cheese-grater, this specialist spacecraft pictures the Earth's surface using radar. The beauty of this technology is that it detects the ground even when there is thick ...
[Photo/Xinhua] China launched four Earth-observation radar satellites into space early on Tuesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned contractor said ...
The company's radar satellites are now returning sub-1m resolution images of the Earth's surface. This level of performance is expected from traditional spacecraft that weigh a tonne or more and ...
Europe has regained its launch capability with the successful launch of the ESA’s VEGA-C rocket, and the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite, which was onboard, has just delivered its first radar images ...