With liftoff foreseen for mid-October, the Copernicus EU Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite (aka ‘Sentinel-5P’) is heading for the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia.
Sentinel-5 Precursor – also known as Sentinel-5P – is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere. The satellite carries the state-of-the-art Tropomi instrument to map a multitude of trace gases such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, formaldehyde, sulphur dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide and aerosols – all of which affect the air we breathe and therefore our health, and our climate.
Sentinel-5P launch campaign kicks off
Tweet With liftoff foreseen for mid-October, the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite is heading for the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia. Sentinel-5 Precursor – also known as Sentinel-5P – is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere. The satellite carries the state-of-t…
