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Copernicus Sentinel-2 Mission

February 14 , 2026 18 hrs 0 min 12 0
  • Recently, the European Space Agency (ESA) has released a high-resolution image of the 2026 Winter Olympic venues in northern Italy using the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
  • Copernicus Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation satellite mission developed by the ESA under the Copernicus Programme of the European Union (EU).
  • The mission aims to monitor changes in land-surface conditions on Earth.
  • It consists of two polar-orbiting satellites in a sun-synchronous orbit providing high-resolution multispectral images.
  • The data is used for agriculture, ecosystem monitoring, disaster management, water-quality assessment, and climate-related studies.

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