Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, climatology. EPS-SG-a carries the Sentinel-5 mission. 3 satellites.
Full Name
EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 1
aka EPS-SG-a1
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
Aug 2025
Mission Links
EOL Date
Mar 2034
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101.4 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
824 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
9:30
Repeat Cycle
29 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
3MI - Multi-Viewing Multi-Channel Multi-Polarisation Imaging |
| IASI-NG - Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - New Generation |
| METimage - Multi Spectral Imager |
| MWS - Microwave Sounder |
| RO - RO |
| UVNS (Sentinel-5) - Ultra-violet Visible Near-infrared Shortwave-infrared spectrometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | 3MI, IASI-NG, METimage, UVNS (Sentinel-5) |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | IASI-NG, METimage, MWS, RO |
| Atmospheric Winds | IASI-NG, METimage |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | IASI-NG, METimage, UVNS (Sentinel-5) |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | METimage, MWS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | METimage, MWS |
| Ozone | IASI-NG, UVNS (Sentinel-5) |
| Radiation budget | IASI-NG, UVNS (Sentinel-5) |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | IASI-NG, UVNS (Sentinel-5) |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | IASI-NG, METimage, MWS, RO |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | 3MI, METimage, UVNS (Sentinel-5) |
| Vegetation | METimage |
| Surface temperature (land) | IASI-NG, METimage |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | METimage |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | MWS |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | IASI-NG, METimage |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | METimage |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | METimage, MWS |
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