@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Post #3880311

2026-07-17 08:03 UTC

After 12 years of providing free and open environmental data, Sentinel-1A has officially ended its mission. It helped us track oil spills, glaciers, sea ice, floods, wildfires and supported emergency responses, and more. But as one chapter closes, a much bigger one awaits: 👉 We've transitioned operations to Sentinel-1C and 1D 👉 With the newly launched Sentinel-4 and 5, we will soon expand our Copernicus programme. The future or Earth observation is European ⬇️ https://link.europa.eu/PbJBcK

Replies (8)

@negschaumburg1@pixelfed.de 2026-07-17 08:53

🫡

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@jfbucas@mastodon.dias.ie 2026-07-17 12:57

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Thank you Sentinel 1A for your services. 🫡 (ceremonial music follows)

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@connynasch@mastodon.social 2026-07-17 13:38

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu I am thrilled that we now have a reliable system 😁

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@Voyageur_Pragmatique@pixelfed.social 2026-07-17 16:32

Thank to Copernicus, we know the problems, perfect, but thanks to lobbies you do the contrary of what is needed: #greendeal #carbo trading https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/how-europe-most-powerful-farming-lobby-copa-cogeca-killed-eu-pesticide-law?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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@vinh@mastodon.ie 2026-07-17 18:33

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Thanks to ESA and all it's members. Sentinel 1A joins 1B in retirement.

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@kevinrns@mstdn.social 2026-07-17 19:54

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu The way this is written, it says free and open science has ended. I'm sure free and open science has not ended, but you may want to fix that.

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@elgregor@social.librem.one 2026-07-18 13:02

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Does it get deorbited or moved to a graveyard orbit?

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@richlv@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 08:32

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu I suppose the text shouldn't looks like this? :)

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