Copernicus Sentinel-5 on MetOp-SG-A1

Copernicus Sentinel-5 integrated into the MetOp-SG-A satellite in the cleanroom at the Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France. 

While not a satellite in the traditional sense, Sentinel-5 is a Copernicus mission carried on the MetOp Second Generation A-type weather satellites. With its 2700 km-wide swath, Sentinel-5 will offer full global coverage every day to measure the distribution of atmospheric trace gases such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, formaldehyde, glyoxal, carbon monoxide, and methane, as well as aerosols. These gases can not only affect the air we breathe, but also our climate.