{"id":3435,"date":"2021-09-29T14:35:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eo-ins.org\/?p=3435"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:35:23","slug":"sentinel-2-acquisition-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/?p=3435","title":{"rendered":"Sentinel-2 Acquisition Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The KML files available on this page provide detailed information about the planned Sentinel-2 acquisitions. See the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/web\/sentinel\/missions\/sentinel-2\/acquisition-plans\/archive\">archive<\/a>&nbsp;for a full list of older KML files, dating back to November 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KML files available:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Sentinel-2A<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210923T120000_20211011T150000.kml\">23 Sept &#8211; 11 Oct 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210909T120000_20210927T150000.kml\">9 &#8211; 27 Sept 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210826T120000_20210913T150000.kml\">26 Aug &#8211; 13 Sept 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A-MP-ACQ-KML-20210812T120000-20210830T150000.kml\">12 &#8211; 30 Aug 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A-MP_ACQ_KML_20210729T120000_20210816T150000.kml\">29 July &#8211; 16 Aug 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel_2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210715T120000_20210802T150000.kml\">15 July &#8211; 2 Aug 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel_2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210701T120000_20210719T150000.kml\">1 &#8211; 19 July 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210617T120000_20210705T150000.kml\">17 June &#8211; 5 July 2021<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Sentinel-2B<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210930T120000_20211018T150000.kml\">30 Sept &#8211; 18 Oct 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210916T120000_20211004T150000.kml\">16 Sept &#8211; 4 Oct 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210902T120000_20210920T150000.kml\">2 &#8211; 20 Sept 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210819T120000_20210906T150000.kml\">19 Aug &#8211; 06 Sept 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210805T120000_20210823T150000.kml\">5 &#8211; 23 Aug 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210722T120000_20210809T150000.kml\">22 July &#8211; 9 Aug 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B-MP_ACQ_KML_20210708T120000_20210726T150000.kml\">8 &#8211; 26 July 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_ACQ_MP_KML_20210624T120000_20210712T150000.kml\">24 June &#8211; 12 July 2021<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Frequency and coverage of KML files<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Each KML file usually covers a period of 10-15 days. The start and stop time of the planning information contained in the KML is defined in the KML file name<\/li><li>Updated KML files will be provided in case of changes to the planning defined by a previously published KML file<\/li><li>New KML files will be regularly provided to cover the next mission cycle\/s, typically every week.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information provided by the KML files<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The KML files display the footprint of the planned data takes on a map using the following convention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Planned data takes in&nbsp;<strong>Nominal<\/strong>&nbsp;mode<\/li><li>Planned data takes in&nbsp;<strong>Vicarious<\/strong>&nbsp;mode<\/li><li>Planned data takes in&nbsp;<strong>Calibration<\/strong>&nbsp;mode.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only Nominal mode data takes are distributed to users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is further highlighted that the KML display in the Google Earth client shows the Sentinel-2 acquisitions along a simplified swath (constructed by simply linking the four corners of the image acquisition strip) that might not match precisely the actual swath in the corresponding products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to track the position of the Sentinel-2 satellites in real-time you can download the Sentinel App available on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/it\/app\/esa-sentinel\/id1036738151?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=esa.sentinel&amp;hl=it\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/web\/sentinel\/missions\/sentinel-2\/acquisition-plans\">https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/web\/sentinel\/missions\/sentinel-2\/acquisition-plans<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acquisition Plans Archive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sentinel-2 Mission Planning activities are routinely carried out covering a period of 10-15 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The archived KML files listed on this page are provided for historical reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest KML files are available on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/web\/sentinel\/missions\/sentinel-2\/acquisition-plans\">Acquisition Plans<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Sentinel-2A<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210603T120000_20210621T150000.kml\">3 &#8211; 21 June 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210520T120000_20210607T150000.kml\">20 May &#8211; 7 June 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210408T120000_20210426T150000.kml\">8 April &#8211; 26 April 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210325T120000_20210412T150000.kml\">25 March &#8211; 12 April 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210311T120000_20210329T150000.kml\">11- 29 March 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210225T120000_20210315T150000.kml\">25 February &#8211; 15 March 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20210211T120000_20210301T150000.kml\">11 February &#8211; 1 March 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A-MP_ACQ_KML_20210128T120000_20210215T150000.kml\">28 January &#8211; 15 February 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584266\/Sentinel-2A-MP_ACQ_KML_20210114T120000_20210201T150000.kml\">14 January &#8211; 1 February 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4041069\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20201231T120000_20210118T150000.kml\">31 December 2020 &#8211; 18 January 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4041069\/Sentinel-2A_MP_ACQ_KML_20201217T120000_20210104T150000.kml\">17 December 2020 &#8211; 4 January 2021<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Older files are available in the following yearly ZIP files:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4041067\/Sentinel-2A-Acquisition-Plans-2020.zip\">2020 archive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/3690951\/Sentinel-2A-Acquisition-Plans-2019.zip\">2019 archive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/3194884\/Sentinel-2A-Acquisition-Plans-2018.zip\">2018 archive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/3216744\/Sentinel-2A-Acquisition-Plans-2017.zip\">2017 archive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/3216744\/Sentinel-2-Acquisition-Plans-2016.zip\">2016 archive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/3216744\/Sentinel-2-Acquisition-Plans-2015.zip\">2015 archive<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Sentinel-2B<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2_MP_ACQ_KML_20210610T120000_20210628T150000.kml\">10 &#8211; 28 June 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210527T120000_20210614T150000.kml\">27 May &#8211; 14 June 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210513T120000_20210531T150000.kml\">13 &#8211; 31 May 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210401T120000_20210419T150000.kml\">1 &#8211; 19 April 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210318T120000_20210405T150000.kml\">18 March &#8211; 5 April 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210304T120000_20210322T150000.kml\">4 &#8211; 22 March 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210218T120000_20210308T150000.kml\">18 February &#8211; 8 March 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210204T120000_20210222T150000.kml\">4 &#8211; 22 February 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210121T120000_20210208T150000.kml\">21 January &#8211; 8 February 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4584270\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20210107T120000_20210125T150000.kml\">7 &#8211; 25 January 2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4041071\/Sentinel-2B_MP_ACQ_KML_20201224T120000_20210111T150000.kml\">24 December 2020 &#8211; 11 January 2021<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Older files are available in the following yearly ZIP files:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/4041067\/Sentinel-2B-Acquisition-Plans-2020.zip\">2020 archive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/3690951\/Sentinel-2B-Acquisition-Plans-2019.zip\">2019 archive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/3194884\/Sentinel-2B-Acquisition-Plans-2018.zip\">2018 archive<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/documents\/247904\/3216744\/Sentinel-2B-Acquisition-Plans-2017.zip\">2017 archive<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/web\/sentinel\/missions\/sentinel-2\/acquisition-plans\/archive\"><em>https:\/\/sentinels.copernicus.eu\/web\/sentinel\/missions\/sentinel-2\/acquisition-plans\/archive<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The KML files available on this page provide detailed information about the planned Sentinel-2 acquisitions. See the&nbsp;archive&nbsp;for a full list of older KML files, dating back to November 2015. KML files available: Sentinel-2A 23 Sept &#8211; 11 Oct 2021 9 &#8211; 27 Sept 2021 26 Aug &#8211; 13 Sept 2021 12 &#8211; 30 Aug 2021 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,30,32],"class_list":["post-3435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-acquisition-plans","tag-sentinel","tag-sentinel-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.geoland-kosova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}