Further to the news of 20 December related to a Sentinel-3A OLCI anomaly, users are informed that nominal acquisitions resumed on 20 December 2016, 11:48 UTC.

A new update of the ESA Sentinel App is coming soon. The latest changes have brought us the acquisition plans and swath animations for Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B and Sentinel-2A, a powerful visualisation of Sentinel product availability on the geographic and temporal dimensions, the highlights of the Sentinel-1 mission achievements and even a more complete picture of the satellite surroundings in the 3D model section, with the Earth, the Moon, the Sun and the stars now visible.

Due to an instrument anomaly, the quality of Sentinel-3A OLCI L1 products has been degraded since 18 December 2016, 17:43.

A new version of the Sentinel-3 Altimetry Technical Guide is now available and provides an in-depth description of the products, algorithms and instrument performance for the mission's Altimetry component.

The Sentinel-2 satellite of the Copernicus Programme is proving to benefit land and urban monitoring, with its high resolution and repetitive coverage.

ESA is pleased to announce the first official release of Sentinel-3A SRAL Level 1B and Level 2 Land data products in the Sentinel Data Hub.

The European Union's Sentinel satellites, developed and operated by ESA, will play a critical role in Australia's efforts to manage its vast land and marine environment.

Referring to the news of 29 November announcing the new Sentinel-2 Level-1C products format, ESA is pleased to confirm that the distribution of the new format is effective on all new products since sensing orbit 7608 included, acquired on 06 December 2016.