Sentinels

File name		Sentinels.xml
#	Date	Notes
63	06/09/2024	Added Sentinel-2C after its recent launch 2024-157
62	03/05/2024	Update to reintroduce missing polarization parameters
61	14/06/2023	Sentinel-1B has been removed because not any more operational Added 3D Model of CIMR
60	31/05/2023	FLEX orbit has been update to be slaved to Sentinel-3B orbit, with an ahead shift of 10 seconds
59	09/05/2023	Added 3D Models of LSTM and CO2M
58	03/05/2023	Added 3D model of CHIME
57	26/04/2023	Added CIMR mission
56	07/04/2023	Added CO2M Mission
55	07/04/2023	Added CHIME mission Added LSTM mission Added Sentinel-1C in prevision of its future launch, 180 degree phased with Sentinel-1A
54	04/12/2022	Added ROSE-L mission
53	04/09/2022	Sentinel-1B is not operational. It has been disengaged in the SaVoir configuration
52	29/10/2021	Modified attitude settings to ensure Sentinel-6 is configured with ZPointing = LOCAL NORMAL and no Yaw Steering
51	31/05/2021	Sentinel-1A and 1B sensors IWS and EWS have been updated with the operational framing definition of 25 seconds (IWS) and 60 seconds (EWS)
50	28/04/2021	Modified FLEX with updated sensor constraints, Yaw Steering, and 180 seconds framing
49	21/11/2020	Added Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich after its recent launch
48	26/10/2020	Added FLEX satellite
46	17/12/2019	Updated Sentinel-2 sensor configuration to include calibration and observation modes Updated Sentinel-3 OLCI configuration with Sun Zenith Angle constraints
45	16/08/2019	Updated EDRS-C orbit after its recent launch
44	30/11/2018	Modified Sentinel-3B to account for new sun synchronous orbit
43	17/10/2018	Sentinel-3B orbit has been updated to remove Sun Synchronous parameters, due to transfer orbit on going
42	13/08/2018	Sentinel-3B orbit has been updated to implement the 27 day cycle Sun Synchronous orbit
41	27/04/2018	Added Sentinel-3B in orbit after its recent launch
40	04/12/2017	Sentinel-5p orbit has been updated as Sun-Synchrobnous with 16 days and 227 orbits. Changed Sentinel-1B orbit numbers to account for correct cycle numbering
39	18/10/2017	Sentinel-5p orbit has been updated after its recent launch
38	04/05/2017	Sentinel-2B orbit has been updated as Sun Synchronous
37	08/03/2017	Added Sentinel-2B after its recent launch
36	28/02/2017	Updated Sentinel-1B with EWS instrument which was missing
35	25/01/2017	Updated Sentinel-1B orbit numbering to implement the correct relative orbit number
34	23/06/2016	Sentinel-1B orbit has been reconfigured with the sun-synchronous nominal 12 day repeat cycle
33	27/04/2016	Added Sentinel-1B after its recent launch
32	08/03/2016	Changed Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B orbits to account for their Sun Synchronous orbit current configuration.
31	18/02/2016	Added Sentinel-3A orbit after its recent launch
30	02/02/2016	Added Eutelsat-9B and EDRS-C, Data Relay Satellites
29	24/12/2015	New Sentinel-6 configuration with the new Exact Repeat orbit.
28	14/07/2015	Sentinel-2A orbit updated for Sun Synchronicity
27	25/06/2015	Added Two Line Elements to Sentinel-2A after its recent launch.
26	05/05/2015	Polarization parameters have been added to Sentinel-1. Sentinel-1 sensor geometries have been tuned to be aligned with footprints ESA Sentinel-1 plan files
25	09/04/2015	Updated Sentinel-1 sensors including: - addition of RFC mode - setting Exclusive Group rules among different modes - maximum Transition Time of 4 seconds between mode instruments - Wave mode is set to apply only over ocean.
24	03/03/2015	Sentinel-1A and 1B have been reconfigured with Total Zero Doppler steering via pitch steering. Sentinel-1A and 1B have been configured wth PERPENDICULAR Z-Pointing
23	02/09/2014	Sentinel-1A orbit has been reconfigured with the sun-synchronous nominal 12 day repeat cycle
22	23/7/2014	TLE update web address has been updated with a Taitus alias, friendlier to some firewall settings
21	18/7/2014	Added Sentinel 4 / MTG-S, Sentinel-5/MetOp-SG, and Sentinel-6 / Jason CS
20	11/6/2014	Added Sentinel-5p
19	7/5/2014	Modified TLE source addresses Update of TLEs
18	11/4/2014	Added Two Line Elements to Sentinel-1A after its recent launch. Small correction to Sentinel-1 roll steering coefficients (6th polynomial element was missing)
17	13/3/2014	Upgrade with new Roll Steering coefficients for Sentinel-1, according to document "Sentinel-1 SAR Instrument, Definition of Roll Steering Law, S1-TN-ASD-PL-0018 Issue 2, 7/3/2014)
16	02/04/2013	Updated orbit data and geometry xml format
15	19/11/2012	Wave mode Leap Frog mode has been updated to have a Frame Step of 1 instead of 0, which led to crash on SaVoir 4.5.7. The bug will be fixed in 4.5.8. Exclusive Grouping Rule activated on Sentinel-1 sensors.
14	08/06/2012	The orbits of all 3 Sentinel missions have been updated to be aligned to the official pre-launch nominal orbit definitions.
13	04/06/2012	Sentinel-3 mission has been upgraded to have two satellites, Sentinel-3A and 3B, flying the same orbit with a 180 degree shift.
12	09/05/2012	Instrument bit rates have been configured on all sensors
11	04/02/2012	Sentinel 1 CSAR Wave Mode description tags corrected. No change in instrument characteristics.
10	12/12/2011	Sentinel-1 orbits have been aligned to the latest official reference orbit. ESA Document Ref. EXPCFI-NOTE-045 Issue 1.1 16/11/2011
9	14/06/2011	Sentinel-1 instruments framing has been removed allowing for performance improvement when calculating intersections.
8	27/05/2011	Sentinel-1 orbits have been aligned to the nominal Sentinel-1 orbit. This is a small upgrade in the order of few minutes (6 minutes) of epoch time.
7	09/05/2011	Minor format updates.
5	25/01/2011	Format modification with new Attitude section under each satellite, declaring the Yaw Steering state and the Roll Steering coefficients for Sentinel-1
4	08/10/2010	Sentinel-1 satellite incorporates now the CSAR/WV mode as a Leap Frog footprint, defined as small imagettes of 20x20km separated by 100km in alternative incident angles (e.g. first S2 then S4 then S2,...).
3	28/09/2010	Upgrade to implement final orbital phasing design of Sentinel-1.