Copernicus Sentinel-5 in the cleanroom

Copernicus Sentinel-5’s cutting-edge spectrometer is integrated into the MetOp Second Generation A-type weather satellites.

Operating in a polar orbit, Sentinel-5 delivers daily global data on atmospheric gases and aerosols. Sentinel-5 observations include key air pollutants, essential climate variables, and stratospheric ozone that protects us from ultraviolet radiation.

The instrument is seen here at the cleanroom at the Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France. Its white panels are visible under plastic sheeting at the fore of the satellite, half way up the vertical stack.

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