ESA - Sentinel-3

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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
Site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launcher: Rockot

4 instruments
7 years mission life
815 km orbit altitude

Sentinel-3

Sentinel-5P detected methane plumes

Trio of Sentinel satellites map methane super-emitters

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Worldwide fires from ESA’s World Fire Atlas

Counting wildfires across the globe

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Heatwave across Europe

Europe braces for sweltering July

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Sea-surface temperature January to mid-May 2023

Our oceans are in hot water

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France and Spain land-surface temperature

Feeling the heat from space

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Discover Sentinel-3

Introducing Sentinel-3

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Feeling the heat

Over land

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Revealing the colour of ocean life

Oceans of change

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Facts and figures

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Sentinel-3A in the cleanroom

Satellite constellation

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Instruments

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About the launch

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Kiruna station

Data flow

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Extreme heatwave

Data products

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