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Name: Copernicus Sentinel-4
Launch: 1 July 2025 (embarked on MTG-S1)
Launch site: Florida, USA
Rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9
Orbit: Geostationary, 36 000 km above the equator
Revisit time: 60 minutes
Instrument: Imaging spectrometer covering the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared wavelength bands
Resolution: 8 km x 8 km
Life: Minimum of 8.5 years
Instrument size: Optical Instrument Module: 1.1 m long, 0.7 m wide, 1.4 m high
Mass: 200 kg
Project: Managed at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (NL)
Mission control and data distribution: Eumetsat
Prime contractors: Airbus Defence and Space for the instrument; DLR for the Level-2 processor
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