EQS-News: EU Earth observation: OHB System AG has been awarded a contract for the development phase of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 Next Generation
Therefore, work is already underway to develop the next generation of Sentinel-2 satellites for the European Earth observation programme Copernicus.
- Therefore, work is already underway to develop the next generation of Sentinel-2 satellites for the European Earth observation programme Copernicus.
- The OHB System AG, a subsidiary of the space and technology group OHB SE, has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the mission and system definition of the Next Generation Sentinel-2 mission, and to prepare the following implementation phase.
- Two parallel contracts of a volume of six million euros each and a nominal duration of 2.5 years have been awarded by ESA for this so-called definition phase.
- Their high-resolution, multispectral images in the optical and near-infrared range between 443 and 2190 nanometres observe the condition of soils and plants.