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

Adriatic Bloom

How marine heatwaves impact phytoplankton and ocean health

31/10/2024 1173 views 24 likes

The roll-out of the team’s model on a Sentinel-3 OLCI image

Sentinel-3 and AI provide new insights into the Arctic's la…

Arctic diatoms

Will climate change turn the Arctic green?

18/06/2024 2646 views 9 likes

Smoke from fires in Canada

Canada’s wildfire season begins

16/05/2024 1779 views 12 likes

Full Earth disc from the Meteosat Third Generation Imager

10 ways Earth is interconnected

22/04/2024 3321 views 15 likes

Sentinel-5P detected methane plumes

Trio of Sentinel satellites map methane super-emitters

20/09/2023 34479 views 145 likes

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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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