European Union launched the fifth satellite of the Copernicus observation program yesterday, which will cut the time of imaging the earth by half. The European Commission said in a statement that latest Copernicus satellite launch will improve services for farmers, fishermen and other users of land and sea maps. <br/><br/>The Copernicus earth observation program, created by the European Union, is served by a set of satellites. The program is aimed at improving the life of EU communities by providing near-real-time global environment data.