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Speedy Satellite Beams Pictures Of Massive Floods Only Weeks After Reaching Orbit
The Zambezi River in Namibia floods the Caprivi plain in this April 2014 picture captured from Sentinel-1A. The satellite was not only noted for its high resolution of the flood, but its ability to send the image quickly — it was downloaded only two hours after it was acquired. Credit: European Space Agency
After dodging space debris and living to tell the tale, Sentinel-1A is now being put through its paces for its primary mission: to beam back pictures of the Earth as quickly as possible, to provide officials with the information they need during natural disasters or weather events.
The picture above gives a taste of what the European satellite will do when it’s fully commissioned. The picture of flooding in Namibia was downloaded only two hours after acquisition and then made available generally less than an hour after that, the European Space Agency said. Not only that, believe it or not — the view was socked in by cloud when the image was taken.
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