Following the previous news on the Sentinel-1B anomaly that occurred on 23 December 2021, very detailed investigations related to the satellite power system’s affected unit are on-going, and will require some additional weeks.
The objective is to identify the root cause of the anomaly and then possibly perform new attempts for the reactivation of the unit.
The satellite remains under control, the thermal control system works properly and the regular orbit control manoeuvres are routinely performed.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Due to some issue detected on SL_L1.004.04 and SL__LST.004.05.00 processing baseline some delays is expected in delivering of SLSTR NTC production and probably in SYN production also. Problem is expected for Copernicus Sentinel 3A starting from sensing 19/01/2022T00:49:52 and for Copernicus Sentinel S3B starting from sensing 19/01/2022T01:51:23
In order to fix issue detected, we turn back to previous processing baseline that will remain operational until further notice.
Copernicus Sentinel 3A SLSTR Production starting from orbit #30884, sensing 2022-01-21T13:48:27 approx, will be generated with previous baseline.
Copernicus Sentinel S3B SLTR Production starting from orbit #19491, sensing 2022-01-21T14:49:29 approx will be generated with previous baseline.
A maintenance activity on infrastructure of the data hub services, is planned on 25 January 2022 from 08:00 to 16:00 UTC.
During this period, service interruptions and publication delay for all Sentinel-1,Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 products, might occasionally occur on the following hubs:
We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause to your activities.
Further to our news of 15 December 2021, we are pleased to confirm the imminent deployment of Processing Baseline 04.00 on 25 January 2022.
As anticipated, the transition from the present baseline (currently PB-3.01 for both Level-1C and Level-2A products) to the new baseline PB-04.00 will be applied starting at a given Datatake of transition for each of the Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B production flows.
Referring to the applicable Sentinel-2 Acquisition Plans for Sentinel-2A and for Sentinel-2B, the first Sentinel-2A/B Datatakes that will result featuring the new PB-04.00 are the following:
Sentinel-2A: the Datatake identified as "34435-1”, with sensing start time at 03:20 UTC approximately, along Sentinel-2A orbit 34435- Sentinel-2B: the Datatake identidied as "25526-1”, with sensing start time at 02:29 UTC approximately, along Sentinel-2B orbit 25526
It is further highlighted that the latest version of SNAP (available here) is supporting the new products format, and that the Sen2Cor plug-in processor has been updated as described here.
We would like to wish all users a smooth and successful transition.
We are pleased to announce the release of new processing baseline OL_L1.002.22.00 for Copernicus Sentinel-3 concerning the following products and cut-dates:
More information about the changes and the characterisation of the new products is available in the following product notices:
The associated L1 and L2 Sentinel-3 Product Data Format Specification documents are available on Sentinel Online.
We are pleased to announce the release of new processing baseline SL_L1.004.04 and SL__LST.004.05.00 for Copernicus Sentinel-3 concerning the following products and cut-dates:
More information about the changes and the characterisation of the new products is available in the following product notices:
Note: the new SL_2_LST processing baseline has no impact on the content of the products, so there is no specific product notice issued.
The associated L1 and L2 Sentinel-3 Product Data Format Specification documents are available on Sentinel Online.
Due to Copernicus Sentinel-3A orbit correction manoeuvre, SLSTR products and SYNERGY products degradation is expected for sensing time from 19/01/2022T07:35:25 to 19/01/2022T07:35:25
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.
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.
