Sentinel-4 A Satellite Mission Summary

Sentinel-4 A Mission

Objectives and Applications

Sentinel-4 will monitor key air quality trace gases and aerosols over Europe in support of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) at high spatial resolution and with a fast revisit time. The Sentinel-4A mission is carried on MTG S1.

Mission Summary

Full Name

Sentinel-4 A
aka S4A

Mission Status

Approved

Mission Agencies

ESA , COM , EUMETSAT

Launch Date

Jul 2025

Mission Links

mission site |

EOL Date

Jan 2036

EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

1436 minutes

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

35779 km

Orbit Longitude

0 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Mission Instruments

UVN (Sentinel-4) - UV-visible- near infrared imaging spectrometer (Sentinel-4)

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Cloud particle properties and profile	UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Ozone	UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	UVN (Sentinel-4)

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