Sentinel-1 poised to monitor motion
Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2014 - Although it was only launched a few months ago and is still being commissioned, the new Sentinel-1A radar satellite has already shown that it can be used to generate 3D models of Earth's surface and will be able to closely monitor land and ice surface deformation. As the first in a fleet of satellite missions for Europe's Copernicus environmental monitoring programme, Sentinel-1A was launc ... more

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