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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Sentinel-3 A -
Full Name Sentinel-3 A Status Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies ESA, COM, EUMETSAT Launch Date 16 Feb 2016
Mission Links mission site EOL Date Jan 2026
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 41335 (TLE)
International Designator 2016-011A
Orbit Type Sun-synchronous Orbit Period 101 minutes
Orbit Sense Ascending Orbit Inclination 98.65 deg
Orbit Altitude 807 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST 10:00 Repeat Cycle 27 days
Objectives and Applications Supporting global land and ocean monitoring services, in particular: sea/land colour data and surface temperature; sea surface and land ice topography; coastal zones, inland water and sea ice topography; vegetation products.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols OLCI
Atmospheric Humidity Fields SRAL
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature OLCI
Cloud particle properties and profile OLCI
Radiation budget OLCI
Atmospheric Temperature Fields OLCI
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements SRAL
LandAlbedo and reflectance OLCI
Landscape topography SRAL
Vegetation OLCI
Surface temperature (land) SLSTR
Multi-purpose imagery (land) OLCI, SLSTR
OceanOcean colour/biology OLCI
Ocean topography/currents SRAL
Ocean surface winds SRAL
Surface temperature (ocean) SLSTR
Ocean wave height and spectrum SRAL
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) OLCI
Snow & IceIce sheet topography SRAL
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness SLSTR, SRAL
Mission Instruments
OLCI - Ocean and Land Colour Imager
SLSTR - Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer
SRAL - SAR Radar Altimeter
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 75 )
Black Sea High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.0625 deg Resolution for 2019-09-18 (NCEI Accession 02135 ...
ESA Lakes Climate Change Initiative (Lakes_cci): Lake products, Version 1.0
ESA Lakes Climate Change Initiative (Lakes_cci): Lake products, Version 1.1
ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Global attenuation coefficient for do ...
ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Global attenuation coefficient for do ...
ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Global chlorophyll-a data products gr ...
ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Global chlorophyll-a data products gr ...
ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Global dataset of inherent optical pr ...
ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Global dataset of inherent optical pr ...
ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Global ocean colour data products gri ...

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