Sentinel-5 precursor Satellite Mission Summary

Sentinel-5 precursor Mission

Objectives and Applications

Sentinel-5P performs atmospheric measurements with high spatio-temporal resolution, to be used for air quality, ozone & UV radiation, and climate monitoring & forecasting in support of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).

Mission Summary

Full Name

Sentinel-5 precursor
aka S5P

Mission Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

ESA , COM , NSO

Launch Date

13 Oct 2017

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Sep 2027

EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

17 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

98.742 deg

Orbit Altitude

824 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

13:30

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

42969 (TLE)

International Designator

2017-064A

Mission Instruments

TROPOMI - TROPOMI

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	TROPOMI
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	TROPOMI
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	TROPOMI
	Ozone	TROPOMI
	Radiation budget	TROPOMI
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	TROPOMI

Featured Datasets

L1B RA & IR
Jan-2024

The TROPOMI L1b products contain the Radiance (covering Band 1 to Band 8) and the Irradiance (covering UVN and SWIR). - Read more

L2
Jan-2024

The different TROPOMI L2 products contain: Ozone (O3) total and tropospheric column and profile, Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), total and tropospheric columns, Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) total column, Carbon Monoxide (CO) total column, Methane (CH4) total column, Formaldehyde (HCHO) total column, Cloud fraction, albedo, top pressure, UV Aerosol Index, Aerosol Layer Height (mid-level pressure), Surface Irradiance/erythemal dose, Suomi-NPP VIIRS Clouds and A-priori profile shapes for the NO2, HCHO and SO2 vertical column retrievals. - Read more