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3D PLUS has more than 210,000 microelectronics components in space, and more than 25 years of flight heritage with no reported failure. Our Flight Heritage is expanding continuously with products launched in Space every month in LEO, MEO and GEO orbits, for deep space exploration missions, for satellite constellation fleets, and for governmental missions in Europe, America, and Asia. Our Flagship missions include Mars 2020, Mars Science Laboratory, Rosetta, New Horizons, Juno, OneWeb, AlphaSat, Sentinel, Ariane 5, ISS, Parker Solar Probe, Insight, and many more.
The Sentinel-2 program stands as a central pillar of global environmental monitoring. Developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) within the Copernicus program, this mission provides an unprecedented view of Earth’s changing landscapes. Operating under an open-access policy, these data are freely available to everyone, as the various missions of the Copernicus program publish new satellite imagery and environmental data every single day.
A constellation of four satellites (units A, B, C, and soon D) comprises the Sentinel-2 mission. This structure ensures a constant data flow, which is essential for the analysis of current environmental challenges.
A primary objective of Sentinel-2 involves the accurate mapping of land exploitation and its transformation over time.
In Argentina, Sentinel-2 imagery of Rosario (2025–2026) reveals the critical impact of drought on one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions. Using the NDVI index, Argentinian farmers can pinpoint water stress to optimize fertilizer application and halt spending on non-viable crops.
Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
Despite its ecological importance, Stung Treng province in Cambodia is facing rapid deforestation, a global issue now being monitored by the EU Observatory using Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite data to support conservation efforts. Satellite imagery reveals a stark contrast in forest cover when comparing data from December 2018 to January 2024.
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Luxembourg City, acquired on 29 December 2025, aligns with urban management by providing high-resolution visual data that distinguishes grey urban surfaces from natural green areas, enabling local authorities to accurately monitor soil sealing and strategically organize sustainable city expansion.
In emergency situations, every hour counts. Thanks to a “revisit” capacity every five days over the same point, Sentinel-2 serves as a critical support tool.
By capturing the Piton de la Fournaise eruption on 16 March 2026, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image supports the Volcanic Activity thematic by mapping a seven-kilometre lava flow as it reaches the Indian Ocean and severs a major coastal road, providing critical data to identify risks to infrastructure and local communities.
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 false-colour image of Gaza Province, Mozambique, acquired on 29 January 2026, aligns with the thematic of Floods and Wildfires by providing immediate impact maps that distinguish inundated areas in turquoise from healthy red vegetation, directly assisting the Copernicus Emergency Management Service and UNHCR in identifying disaster zones and organizing humanitarian aid for displaced populations.
Sentinel-2 records long-term transformations that the human eye cannot always perceive.
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of the Tasman Glacier, New Zealand, acquired on 30 January 2026, perfectly illustrates how satellites monitor glacial retreat and sediment dynamics within Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, serving as a direct visual indicator of climate change impacts on alpine ecosystems.
Captured on 6 March 2026, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Læsø in Denmark supports the Coastal Sentinel mission. By visualizing turquoise sediment patterns and sandbanks, it allows for the precise tracking of shoreline changes. This data is vital for protecting fragile habitats for migratory birds.
3D PLUS supports this mission through advanced hardware. Sentinel-2 features high-performance SDRAM, SRAM, MRAM, and EEPROM memory modules from 3D PLUS. These components ensure the reliability of data processing and storage while in orbit.
