ESA - Sentinel-3 - Archive

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The mission

Carrying a suite of cutting-edge instruments, Copernicus Sentinel-3 measures systematically Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere to monitor and understand large-scale global dynamics. It provides essential information in near-real time for ocean and weather forecasting.

The launch

Date: Sentinel-3A on 16 February 2016
Sentinel-3B on 25 April 2018
Sentinel-3C in 2026
Site: Sentinel-3A and -B from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Sentinel-3C from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana
Launcher: Sentinel-3A and -B on Rockot
Sentinel-3C on Vega-C

4 instruments
7 years mission life
815 km orbit altitude

Sentinel-3

Sentinel-3B launch event

Join us for #Sentinel3 launch

21/03/2018 10905 views 72 likes

Arriving in South Georgia

Voyaging for the Sentinels

09/03/2018 5271 views 111 likes

Sentinel-3B tested

Sentinel-3B good to go

02/02/2018 5441 views 39 likes

Sentinel-3 competition winning slogan

Sentinel-3 drawing competition winners announced

19/12/2017 989 views 1 likes

Sentinel-3A sees the effects of spring

See our seasons change from space

06/07/2017 10116 views 90 likes

Pomezia blaze

Pandora measures fire fumes over Rome

28/06/2017 3818 views 55 likes

Desert locust outbreak

Satellites forewarn of locust plagues

13/06/2017 11956 views 112 likes

Into the chamber

The heat is on for Sentinel-3B

01/06/2017 5688 views 69 likes

ESA helps faster cleaner shipping

13/04/2017 7442 views 88 likes

Greenland changing ice

Sentinel-3A Earth colour data released

20/10/2016 11430 views 69 likes

Living in the twilight zone

Satellites help understand what fuels the twilight zone

27/09/2016 5430 views 69 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-3

Europe’s workhorse Sentinel ready for action

13/07/2016 8231 views 80 likes

Estonia

Estonia’s first contract with ESA focuses on ocean health

07/06/2016 3901 views 39 likes

Fort McMurray wildfires

Canadian fires tracked by satellites

19/05/2016 20865 views 60 likes

Thermal signature of Namibian coastline

Sentinel-3A feels the heat

06/04/2016 15300 views 101 likes

Islands in red

Sentinel-3A continues to impress

08/03/2016 13026 views 94 likes

Sea-level track from Sentinel-3A

Sentinel-3A rides the waves

04/03/2016 11754 views 108 likes

First image from Sentinel-3A

First views of Earth from Sentinel-3A

02/03/2016 38746 views 189 likes

Sentinel-3 and the ocean carbon conundrum

25/02/2016 8781 views 106 likes

Sentinel-3 is ejected from the Breeze upper stage

Enabling & Support

Nonstop LEOP full stop

25/02/2016 11429 views 48 likes

Sentinel-3A dances with northern lights

19/02/2016 5603 views 88 likes

Third Sentinel satellite launched for Copernicus

16/02/2016 27664 views 148 likes

Workhorse mission for Copernicus

Enabling & Support

All dressed up with somewhere to go

15/02/2016 6424 views 71 likes

Sentinel-3A heads to launch pad

Sentinel-3A poised for liftoff

12/02/2016 6063 views 57 likes

Sentinel-3C & 3D contract signature

Sentinel-3 family grows

10/02/2016 3489 views 31 likes

Sentinel-3 is ejected from the Breeze upper stage

Enabling & Support

Mission teams prepare for critical days

05/02/2016 7343 views 65 likes

Thumbs up on the fuelling front

Sentinel-3A fully tanked

04/02/2016 6160 views 81 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-3

Rise and shine for Sentinel-3A

14/01/2016 5613 views 40 likes

Ready for departure

Sentinel-3A taking final steps to launch

03/12/2015 4461 views 42 likes

Sentinel-3 over ocean and ice

Sentinel-3A on its way

20/11/2015 8466 views 99 likes

Last look at Sentinel-3

Sentinel-3A shows off

15/10/2015 8377 views 68 likes

Surfing for science

29/07/2015 8035 views 54 likes

Sentinel-3 strips off

17/06/2015 3744 views 44 likes

Sentinel-3A standing proud

Sentinel-3 fully formed

04/12/2014 3931 views 39 likes

MERIS images over Sen3Exp test sites

ESA campaign reveals glimpse of future Sentinel-3 imagery

09/09/2009 1980 views 0 likes

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