Brussels, 22/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - The first satellite in the European earth observation programme, Copernicus, was presented in Rome on Friday 22 November by EU Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani. Sentinel 1A was built in Italy and will be sent into orbit in April from the Kourou space station in French Guyana. It will initially be used to detect ships or vessels at sea and will orbit the earth at an altitude of around 700 km, giving constant, reliable radar images 24/7. It will be...