Due to Copernicus Sentinel-3A Moon calibration operation a degradation is expected for the following Copernicus Sentinel-3A products:
We are pleased to inform the Sentinel-2 users community that a new version of Sen2Cor (Release 2.10) is available under: https://step.esa.int/main/snap-supported-plugins/sen2cor/sen2cor-v2-10/
This new version supports the forthcoming update of Sentinel-2 products with Processing Baseline 04.00.
Stand-alone installers for the three operating systems Linux, Windows and macOS are now on-line. All three versions require a 64-bit platform.
Regarding the algorithm, the main improvements of the Sen2Cor 2.10 processor compared to previous version 2.9 are:
Support of the L1C generated with the future (14.9), current (14.6) and previous (14.5 and 14.2) Products Specification Document as input.
Improvement of Scene Classification.
Improvement of Atmospheric Correction.
Provision of band B01 also at 20m resolution.
Addition of L2A Quality Indicators.
Usage of the Copernicus DEM@90m horizontal resolution.
Addition of a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) in the L2A metadata according to CARD4L SR Specifications.
For any further details, including installation step, and an overview on the evolutionary upgrades applied to Sen2Cor 2.10, please read the release notes which are provided under: https://step.esa.int/main/snap-supported-plugins/sen2cor/sen2cor-v2-10/
Following the previous news on the Sentinel-1B anomaly that occurred on 23 December 2021, further attempts to reactivate the proper functioning of the satellite power system’s affected unit were executed, but were not successful.
All necessary investigations to identify the root cause and possibly fix the issue are on-going.
The satellite remains under control, the thermal control system works properly and the regular orbit control manoeuvres are routinely performed.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
Due to Copernicus Sentinel-3B orbit correction manoeuvre, SLSTR IR products degradation is expected for sensing time from 12/01/2022T08:18:51 to 12/01/2022T08:28:27
Due to Copernicus Sentinel-3A orbit manoeuvres, SLSTR and OLCI products degradation is expected for the following sensing times:
- from 07/01/2022T00:04:18 to 07/01/2022T00:17:36
- from 07/01/2022T02:06:48 to 07/01/2022T02:17:25
Following the previous news on the Sentinel-1B anomaly that occurred on 23 December 2021, the resuming of the operations was carefully prepared including the on-board configuration changes preventing the anomaly to occur again.
However, during the preparation of the recovery operations, it became clear that the initial anomaly was a consequence of a potential serious problem related to a unit of the power system of the Sentinel-1B satellite. The operations performed over the last days did not allow to reactivate so far a power supply function required for the radar operations.
Further investigations to identify and remedy the root cause will be performed over the next days.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
Users are informed that from 08:00 to 18:00 UTC of the 04th of January 2022 there will be a maintenance activity on the Open Access Hub (SciHub and APIHub).
During the maintenance window user might experiencing short download interruptions.
We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause to your activities.
Copernicus Sentinel-1A was unavailable between 24/12/2021 19:32 UTC and 25/12/2021 12:08 UTC, due to an onboard software anomaly.
No SAR data were acquired during this period. Data acquisitions taking place indicatively within 2 hours before this period may have been affected.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
Copernicus Sentinel-1B is unavailable since 23 December 2021 at 06:53 UTC, no data are being generated.
Following the related news of 23 December 2021, detailed investigations have taken place. Specific actions will be performed over the next days to implement an onboard configuration change that will prevent the re-occurrence of the anomaly (that could result in satellite safety risks).
This requires simulations and system validation activities on ground, before upload to the satellite.
This satellite unavailability period may potentially last up to 2 weeks, however all efforts to shorten this unavailability are being deployed.
Further news will be issued on the recovery operations, we apologize for the inconvenience caused.
Copernicus Sentinel-1B is unavailable since 23 December 2021 at 06:53 UTC, no data are being generated.
An anomaly occurred onboard, that will require some time for detailed analyses.
The satellite is in a nominal mode, the SAR has been temporarily switched off. Further news will be issued on the recovery operations.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
Calling on all interested users of Sentinel data, who would like to submit their results, turning their experiences into 'success stories'.
If you have a good story to tell, of how any of the Sentinel satellites are producing data that bring benefit to your work and/or to society, please contact the Sentinel Online Editor Malì Cecere at: mali.cecere@ejr-quartz.com with your proposals.
