Sentinel-4
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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. The specific objective of Sentinel-4 is to support this with a high revisit time over Europe.[3][4]
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Quick Facts Manufacturer, Operator ...
Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space[1] | ||
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Operator | Eumetsat | ||
Applications | Earth observation | ||
Specifications | |||
Spacecraft type | Satellite | ||
Bus | Meteosat Third Generation-S, Luxor bus | ||
Constellation | 1 | ||
Launch mass | 3,600 kg (7,937 lb)[2] | ||
Dimensions | 2.280 × 2.760 × 5.170 m (7.5 × 9.1 × 17.0 ft)[2] | ||
Power | 2,000 W[2] | ||
Design life | 8.5 years | ||
Production | |||
Status | Under construction | ||
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