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Sentinels map Earth's slow surface warping

British researchers are now routinely mapping a great swathe of Earth's surface, looking for the subtle warping that ultimately leads to quakes.
The team is processing satellite images to show how rocks in a belt that stretches from Europe's Alps to China are slowly accumulating strain.
Movements on the scale of just millimetres per year are being sought. 
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Keep an automatic eye on seismic zones

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 twin radar satellites combined with cloud computing are monitoring Europe's earthquake zones by searching for ground shifts as small as a millimetre.
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First Copernicus satellite now operational

With the commissioning of Sentinel-1A completed and the satellites transfer to the team in charge of its exploitation, its data are available as of today to all users. This marks the beginning of the satellites operational life, delivering radar coverage for an array of applications in the areas of oceans, ice, changing land and emergency response
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New satellite maps out Napa Valley earthquake

Scientists have used a new Earth-observation satellite called Sentinel-1A to map the ground movements caused by the earthquake that shook up Californias wine-producing Napa Valley on 24 August 2014.
This is the first earthquake to be mapped by the European Space Agencys (ESA) new satellite and demonstrates the capabilities of the Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET) in analysing its observations quickly.
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Although it was only launched a few months ago and is still being commissioned, the new Sentinel-1A radar satellite has already shown that it can be used to generate 3D models of Earths surface and will be able to closely monitor land and ice surface deformation.
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Launched on 3 April, ESA's Sentinel-1A satellite has already delivered its first radar images of Earth. They offer a tantalising glimpse of the kind of operational imagery that this new mission will provide for Europe's ambitious Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
Rather aptly, the first image shows Brussels in Belgium, the seat of the European Commission.
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Sentinel-1 liftoff

Sentinel-1A lifted off on a Soyuz launcher from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST) on 3 April 2014.
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Sentinel-1 fuelled and ready

ESA's first satellite dedicated to Europe's environmental monitoring Copernicus programme has been fuelled and pressurised, ready for its launch on 3 April.
Since its arrival in Kourou, French Guiana a month ago, Sentinel-1A has been put through a series of stringent tests.
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Sentinel-1 spreads its wings

When Sentinel-1 is placed in orbit around Earth in a few weeks, it has to perform a complicated dance routine to unfold its large solar wings and radar antenna. Engineers have recently been making sure the moves are well rehearsed.
Sentinel-1 is the first in a family of satellites built specifically to provide a stream of timely data for Europe's ambitious Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.
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Esa approves Sentinel-1 Earth-observer launch in 2013

Europe is to roll out its ambitious new Earth observation programme even though the long-term budget to support it has still not been agreed.
The European Space Agency has taken a decision this week to reserve a rocket to launch the Sentinel-1 radar satellite in 2013.
It will be followed into orbit by further satellites in 2014.
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