{"id":10053,"date":"2015-03-03T13:47:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10053"},"modified":"2015-03-03T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T18:53:08","slug":"video-esa-sentinel-2a-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10053","title":{"rendered":"Video: ESA Sentinel-2A satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European Space Agency&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinvideos\/content\/search?SearchText=Earth+from+Space&amp;SearchButton=Go\" target=\"_blank\">Earth From Space<\/a>\u00a0webcast program reports on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Observing_the_Earth\/Copernicus\/Sentinel-2\" target=\"_blank\">Sentinel-2<\/a> earth observation satellite:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In this special edition, Wolfgang Pitz, Head of European Programmes for Airbus Defence and Space, joins the show to discuss testing the Sentinel-2A satellite at IABG in Munich, Germany.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinvideos\/content\/view\/embedjw\/449723\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Sentinel-2A is expected\u00a0to be launched this summer on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/launch-services-vega\/vega_overview.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Arianespace Vega rocket<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/spaceport-intro\/overview.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Kourou, French Guiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Space Agency&#8217;s\u00a0Earth From Space\u00a0webcast program reports on the Sentinel-2 earth observation satellite: In this special edition, Wolfgang Pitz, Head of European Programmes for Airbus Defence and Space, joins the show to discuss testing the Sentinel-2A satellite at IABG in Munich, Germany.\u00a0 The Sentinel-2A is expected\u00a0to be launched this summer on a Arianespace Vega rocket &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10053\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: ESA Sentinel-2A satellite<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,26,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eyes-in-the-sky","category-space-systems","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2C9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8746,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8746","url_meta":{"origin":10053,"position":0},"title":"ESA Sentinel radarsat maps changes in ground from Napa Valley earthquake","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"ESA's\u00a0Sentinel-1\u00a0radar satellite sees the effects of the recent earthquake in Napa Valley: Radar vision maps Napa Valley earthquake 2 September 2014: Sentinel-1A has added yet another string to its bow. 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