News - Sentinel Online
Copernicus Sentinel-1A unavailability on 6 January 2020
07 January 2020
Copernicus Sentinel-1A was unavailable on 6 January from 14:17 UTC to 17:42 UTC, due to a Payload Data Handling and Transmission (PDHT) sub-system anomaly.
Detecting methane emissions during COVID-19
06 January 2020
While carbon dioxide is more abundant in the atmosphere and therefore more commonly associated with global warming, methane is around 30 times more potent as a heat-trapping gas. Given its importance, Canadian company GHGSat have worked in collaboration with the Sentinel-5P team at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research to investigate hotspots of methane emissions during COVID-19.
Copernicus Data Hub services temporary downtime on 30 December 2019
30 December 2019
An unscheduled service downtime occurred on 30 December 2019 from 09:00 to 13:45 UTC on the Copernicus Data Hubs.
Copernicus Sentinel-3 data unavailability
30 December 2019
Due to an issue at the Pick-up Point infrastructure level on 30 December, OLC, SLSTR and SRAL Near Real Time Copernicus Sentinel-3 data starting from approximately 08:30 (UTC) sensing time could be delayed.
Copernicus Sentinel-1 to the rescue
13 December 2019
While two explorers were having problems cruising the ice across the North Pole on skies, due to bad weather and complications with equipment, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites lent a hand to guide rescuers through the maze of ice and water to save the day.
Safety at Sea
12 December 2019
Featuring how the Sentinel missions of the European Union's Copernicus programme, particularly Sentinel-1, have become a game-changer to the Danish Meteorological Institute's Ice Service and to the project – Automated Sea Ice Products – creating a robust, automated sea ice information service, solving the main needs of Arctic marine users.
Greenland ice loss much faster than expected
10 December 2019

The Greenland ice sheet is losing mass seven times faster than in the 1990s, according to new research.
Copernicus Sentinel-5P ground segment upgrade - 11 December 2019
09 December 2019
Copernicus Sentinel-5P NRT data users are informed that due to a scheduled ground segment upgrade on 11 December the near real time (NRT) processing of orbits 11192 to 11196 are be likely to be impacted.
- Missing Sentinel-5P products from orbit 18127 to 18130
- Copernicus Sentinel-1A and -1B precise orbital products currently available for the entire mission
- Copernicus Sentinel-3A data unavailability notice
- Temporary unavailability of Copernicus Sentinel-2 production on 6-7 April 2021
- Forthcoming availability of the Copernicus Sentinel-1A and -1B reprocessed precise orbital products
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.