My satellite is Sentinel-2a. Presentation of 10 minutes.

Content of presentation:

• Mission purpose
• Mission design and characteristics
• Optimal mission (if you were designing it)

Mission Purpose (typically 1 slide).

• Briefly describe the overall purpose of the satellite/mission/constellation
• Mention who has developed or paid it (often this is ESA, NASA, DLR etc.)

Mission Design and Characteristics (3 slides):

• Satellite orbits: Briefly describe the type of orbit, most characteristic Kepler elements and other factors you find are relevant regarding the orbits
• Satellite design and payload: Briefly describe the satellite and the most important payload (i.e. instruments on the satellite)
• Data and results:
  • Briefly describe the most important type of data generated by the satellite/mission/ constellation
  • Briefly give an example of the results obtained using the data

Mission Design if you were designing it (typically 1-2 slide):

• Orbits: Alternate choice of orbit:
  • Sun-syncronous or not ?
  • Orbit elevation (low/high/where?)
  • inclination
  • Repeat sampling (time and space)
• Satellite design and payload
  • Alternate design /princip (instruments on the satellite)
  • Alternate resolution?
  • Alternate Frequencies?

Referencias

Referencias de Sentinel-2:

• Sentinel-2 MSI User Guide
• Sentinel-2 MSI Technical Guide
• High-level description of the mission in pdf
• Sentinel-2 description of the mission
• Sentinel-2 Toolbox Github
• STEP - Scientific Toolbox Exploitation Platform - Sentinel 2 toolbox
• Sentinel-2 Handbook

Mission purpose

Mission Purpose (typically 1 slide).

• Briefly describe the overall purpose of the satellite/mission/constellation
• Mention who has developed or paid it (often this is ESA, NASA, DLR etc.)

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission comprises a constellation of two polar-orbiting satellites placed in the same sun-synchronous orbit, phased at 180° to each other. It aims at monitoring variability in land surface conditions, and its wide swath width (290 km) and high revisit time (10 days at the equator with one satellite, and 5 days with 2 satellites under cloud-free conditions which results in 2-3 days at mid-latitudes) will support monitoring of Earth’s surface changes.

SENTINEL-2 is a European wide-swath, high-resolution, multi-spectral imaging mission. The full mission specification of the twin satellites flying in the same orbit but phased at 180°, is designed to give a high revisit frequency of 5 days at the Equator. Applications in land management, agriculture and forestry, disaster control, humanitarian relief operations, risk mapping and security concerns.

A single payload: the Multi-Spectral Instrument (MSI).

Mission Design and Characteristics

Mission Design and Characteristics (3 slides):

• Satellite orbits: Briefly describe the type of orbit, most characteristic Kepler elements and other factors you find are relevant regarding the orbits
• Satellite design and payload: Briefly describe the satellite and the most important payload (i.e. instruments on the satellite)
• Data and results:
  • Briefly describe the most important type of data generated by the satellite/mission/ constellation
  • Briefly give an example of the results obtained using the data