Sentinel-1

Sentinel
series
satellites

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This page contains philatelic information on the Sentinel series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

Launch information
(found elsewhere)
Launch covers
(including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers)
(farther below)
Other postal items
(stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.)
(immediately below)
Sentinel
(ESA)
Sentinel
(ESA)
Sentinel
(ESA)
Sentinel (on other than Sentinel launch covers)


Below is a list of Sentinel-series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).

CountryCatalog NumberType of ItemYear of IssueNotes on Content
Sentinel (ESA)
BeninUnknown a (Mi?)One stamp and in (upper-left) margin of MS3 (a-c)2018"Sentinel"-1 launch and logo
BurundiBL491In (lower-right) margin of MS2 (Mi3476-3477)2014"Sentinel-2A"
FranceNone(Lettre-verte) personalized postage, from booklet of 10 (10x single)2020"Sentinel-6"
French GuianaNone(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover2020Sentinel-3?
Italy2332b (Mi?)Program folder, consisting of page1/front, page2, page3, page4, page5, and page6/back2016"Sentinel-1"
Portugal3757a (Mi4092)One of strip of 2 (3757 (a-b)) (Mi4092-4093)2015Sentinel-1
Portugal3757-3758 fdcTwo strips of 2 (3757-3758) on FDC
Portugal3757-3758 folderFolder outside (front and back), also inside
SpainNone(Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011)2013"The Sentinel satellites": "Sentinel-1", "Sentinel-2", "Sentinel-3", "Sentinel-4", "Sentinel-5"
United Nations (Vienna)625 (BL49)SS12018"Earth seen from space by the Copernicus-Sentinel satellite (ESA image)" (in German text)
United Nations (Vienna)625 fdcSS1 on FDC


Below is a list of Sentinel-series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).

CountryCancel DateCancel LocationType of ItemNotes on Content
Sentinel (ESA)
2016-04-25: Sentinel-1B (and MICROSCOPE and OUFTI-1 and AAUSAT-4 and others)
Italy2016-04-22Frascati(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverSentinel-1B launch
Italy2016-04-22Frascati(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverSentinel-1B launch
French Guiana2016-04-25Kourou(Association Philatélique du C.E. Safran Héraklès) cachet on coverSentinel-1B launch
French Guiana2016-04-25Kourou(Historiaphil) cachet on coverSentinel-1B launch
2015-06-23: Sentinel-2A
French Guiana2015-06-22Kourou(Association Philatélique du C.E. Safran Héraklès) cachet on coverSentinel-2A launch
Sentinel-6A / Jason-CS1 (pre-launch events)
United States2020-11-17Vandenberg AFB, CA(Red Eagle) cachet on coverSentinel-6A (Jason-CS1) pre-launch: "test firing"
2020-11-21: Sentinel-6A / Jason-CS1
Finland2020-11-21Kerava(SVP) cachet on coverSentinel-6A (Jason-CS1) launch
United States2020-11-21Vandenberg AFB, CA(Ranski) cachet on coverSentinel-6A (Jason-CS1) launch
Sentinel (on other than Sentinel launch covers)
United States2022-07-10Vandenberg SFB, CA(Red Eagle) cachet on Starlink-v1.5_G3-1-1/46 launch cover"Sentinel-6 / Michael Freilich" (Sentinel-6A / Jason-CS1) (in text only)
United States2022-10-28no cancel(Ranski) back of Starlink-v1.5_G4-31-1/53 cover, also front"Sentinel-6"


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