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Sentinel-4 is a European Earth observation mission under development to support the European Union Copernicus Programme.It will focus on monitoring of trace gas concentrations and aerosols in the atmosphere to support operational services covering air-quality near-real time applications, air-quality protocol monitoring, and climate protocol monitoring.
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The Sentinel-3 mission's main objectives are to measure sea-surface topography, land- and sea-surface temperature, land- and ocean-surface colour with accuracy in support of ocean forecasting systems, and for environmental and climate monitoring. [4] [6] [5] Sentinel-3 builds directly on the heritage pioneered by ERS-2 and Envisat satellites.
The missions are undertaken by RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft. Other missions undertaken by Rivet Joint aircraft may be designated Misty Wind. [43] Operation Burnt Frost – interception and destruction of a non-functioning U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite named USA-193. [44]
Sentinel 2 – (Sentinel-2A launched successfully on 23 June 2015 and Sentinel-2B on 7 March 2017) [7] Sentinel 3 – (Sentinel-3A launched successfully on 16 February 2016 and Sentinel-3B launch scheduled in April 2018) [8] [9] Sentinel 4 (on Meteosat Third Generation-S) [10] Sentinel-5 Precursor - (launched successfully on 13 October 2017) [10]
Copernicus is the Earth observation component of the European Union Space Programme, managed by the European Commission and implemented in partnership with the EU member states, the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the Joint Research Centre (JRC ...
Mode 1: military only; provides 2-digit octal (6 bit) "mission code" that identifies the aircraft type or mission. [21] Mode 2: military only; provides 4-digit octal (12 bit) unit code or tail number. [22] Mode 3/A: military/civilian; provides a 4-digit octal (12 bit) identification code for the aircraft, assigned by the air traffic controller.
These were augmented by mission control staff transferred from ESTEC to operate satellites and manage the ESTRACK tracking station network. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Within just eight months, ESOC, as part of ESRO, was already operating its first mission, ESRO-2B, a scientific research satellite and the first of many operated from ESOC for ESRO, and later ESA.