European Commission DG-GROW Directorate I/2, Copernicus Unit

12 satellites in orbit, 11 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

European Commission DG-GROW Directorate I/2, Copernicus Unit is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code COPERN, of European Union. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it. It is part of Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs. See every satellite of Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
Sentinel-1CEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The Sentinel-1D spacecraft in its gold foil, hanging from a crane above its Ariane 6 launch adaptor in the clean room at Kourou in 2025, the two halves of the fairing behind it.
Photograph: ESA / M. Pédoussaut (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
Sentinel-1D
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-2AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The Sentinel-2B satellite wrapped in gold insulation at ESA’s test centre in the Netherlands in 2016, an engineer in an ESA smock in front of it.
Photograph: ESA / G. Porter (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
Sentinel-2B
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-2CEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-3AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-3BEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-5 Precursor (Sentinel-5P)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft, black solar panels along its sides, wheeled into place for fuelling by technicians in SpaceX’s clean room at Vandenberg in October 2020.
Photograph: NASA / USAF 30th Space Wing / Mike Peterson (public domain)
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (Sentinel-6MF)
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The Sentinel-6B spacecraft standing in the processing facility at Vandenberg during tests of its solar arrays in October 2025.
Photograph: NASA / USSF 30th Space Wing / Anthony Mendez (public domain)
Sentinel-6B
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
SENTINEL-3CEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
SENTINEL 1BEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded