Facts and Figures

Name: Copernicus Sentinel-4

Launch: 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