The satellite carries a wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands.

It provides information for agriculture and forestry, among other services, allowing for prediction of crop yields.

[4] A €105 million contract for the construction of the spacecraft was signed in March 2010 by ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes and the CEO of Astrium Satellites.

[5] It was completed in June 2016,[6][7] and the satellite was transported to the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) for the test campaign.

[10] Launch took place at the nominal time of 01:49:24 UTC on 7 March 2017 on board Vega flight VV09.