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A second satellite for Copernicus

(B2) The European Earth observation programme (Copernicus) has just reached a new milestone. One year after the launch of the first satellite "Sentinel 1", a second satellite "Sentinel 2" was successfully placed in orbit at 3:52 CET on Tuesday (23 June), from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The addition of a second satellite will allow Copernicus to " provide images of the evolution of the earth with a high level of detail and precision » we emphasize to the Commission. The information flow provided will be “ free and open and it can be used in the fight against ecological disasters, improving land use for agriculture and forestry and responding to emergency situations.

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).