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** [[Sentinel-1B]] satellite was launched on 25 April 2016. Mission declared as ended 3 August 2022.

* [[Sentinel-2]] provides high-resolution optical imaging for land services (e.g. imagery of vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Copernicus: Sentinel-2 |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/copernicus-sentinel-2 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.eoportal.org |language=en}}</ref> Sentinel-2 will also provide information for emergency services. Both satellites launched aboard [[Vega (rocket)|Vega]] rockets from [[Guiana Space Centre|Centre Spatial Guyanais]].

** [[Sentinel-2A]], successfully launched on 23 June 2015.<ref name="prelaunch-2A">{{cite news|url=http://spaceref.com/earth/earth-observation-satellite-sentinel-2a-ready-to-launch.html|title=Earth Observation Satellite Sentinel-2A Ready to Launch|work=European Space Agency|publisher=SpaceRef|date=9 June 2016|access-date=2015-06-10}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

** [[Sentinel-2B]], followed 7 March 2017.

* [[Sentinel-3]] provides ocean and global land monitoring services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Copernicus: Sentinel-3 |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/copernicus-sentinel-3 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.eoportal.org |language=en}}</ref> Both satellites were launched by a [[Eurockot Launch Services|Eurockot]] [[Rokot]] vehicle from the [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] in [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|date=24 April 2014|title=Sentinel-3 stacks up|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-3_stacks_up|access-date=17 August 2014|publisher=ESA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sentinel-3A on its way|url=http://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-3A_on_its_way|website=esa.int}}</ref>