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Successful Launch for Sentinel-3A

Sentinel-3A

The Sentinel-3A logo applied to the rockot fairing. Photo from: http://bit.ly/219oW6K

 

Congratulations to the European Union (EU), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) on the successful launch of the European Union’s‪ Sentinel‬-3A satellite, which will be operated by ESA and EUMETSAT as part of the EU’s Copernicus programme.

As stated in the NASA Spaceflight news article, “Sentinel-3A uses a multi-spectral optical mission that provides sea/ land colour data and surface temperatures and an altimetry mission contributing to the determination of the sea surface, ice surface, and in-land water topography.”

Learn more about Sentinel-3A and its many applications on the ESA website