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The mission

Sentinel-5 Precursor – also known as Sentinel-5P – is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere. The satellite carries the state-of-the-art Tropomi instrument to map a multitude of trace gases, which affect the air we breathe and therefore our health and our climate.

The launch

Date: 13 October 2017
Site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launcher: Rockot

Sentinel-5P
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Canada’s wildfire season begins

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Ozone hole goes large again

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Litli-Hrútur eruption seen from space

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Global methane concentrations
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Sentinel-5P data used in new methane detection system

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Nord Stream leak as captured by Pléiades Neo
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Satellites detect methane plume in Nord Stream leak

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Ozone hole extension 2022
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Great Salt Lake in July 2022
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Methane growth anomaly
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Methane levels surged in 2020 despite lockdowns

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GHGSat Contract Ceremony
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GHGSat joins ESA’s Third Party Mission Programme

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Rybnik, Poland
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Methane detected over Poland’s coal mines

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Fuelling the climate crisis
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La Palma as captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2
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La Palma volcano: How satellites help us monitor eruptions

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Smoke and flames in Australia
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Aerosols released from Australian bushfires triggers algal …

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A map of the ozone hole over the South Pole on 16 September 2021
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What’s going on with the ozone?

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California fires
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California continues to burn

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Mount Etna smoke plumes
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Satellites monitor Mount Etna’s unpredictable behaviour

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Nitrogen dioxide concentrations over China
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Air pollution returning to pre-COVID levels

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Methane hotspots over a gas pipeline in Kazakhstan
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Monitoring methane emissions from gas pipelines

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Methane hotspot detected with Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
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Mapping high-resolution methane emissions from space

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Nitrogen dioxide emissions over the Mediterranean
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Detecting pollution from individual ships from space

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Ozone hole 2020
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Antarctic ozone hole is one of the largest and deepest in r…

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Between fire and hurricane
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Nitrogen dioxide concentrations over Europe
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Methane from landfill site in Argentina
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High-resolution methane emissions data for waste management

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Industrial emissions of carbon dioxide fuel our warming climate
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Methane plume from oil & gas infrastructure in the Caspian Sea region
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New Space satellite pinpoints industrial methane emissions

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Aerosols from Saharan dust plume
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Methane concentrations over the Permian Basin
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Detecting methane emissions during COVID-19

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Mapping methane emissions on a global scale

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Air pollution drops in India following lockdown

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NO2 concentrations over Europe
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Air pollution remains low as Europeans stay at home

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Satellites providing clear picture of greenhouse gases

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Coronavirus: nitrogen dioxide concentrations over Europe
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COVID-19: nitrogen dioxide over China

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Smoke over New South Wales, Australia, from Copernicus Sentinel-3
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Australia: like a furnace

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Ozone hole set to close
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Ozone hole set to close

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Carbon monoxide from Amazon fires
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Monitoring air pollution from fires

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Nitrogen dioxide over Siberian pipelines
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Connecting the dots: nitrogen dioxide over Siberian pipelin…

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Nitrogen dioxide worldwide
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Nitrogen dioxide pollution mapped

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Cloud-free Europe
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New observations for the new economy

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Global methane
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Methane and ozone data products from Copernicus Sentinel-5P

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Formaldehyde
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