Sentinel-5 A Satellite Mission Summary

Sentinel-5 A Mission

Objectives and Applications

To support global atmospheric composition and air quality monitoring services (key trace gases, aerosols and UV index) at high spatial resolution and with a daily global coverage. The Sentinel-5 A mission is carried on EPS-SG-A1.

Mission Summary

Full Name

Sentinel-5 A
aka S5A

Mission Status

Approved

Mission Agencies

ESA , COM , EUMETSAT

Launch Date

Aug 2025

Mission Links

mission site |

EOL Date

Mar 2034

EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

101.4 minutes

Orbit Sense

Descending

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

824 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

29 days

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Mission Instruments

UVNS (Sentinel-5) - Ultra-violet Visible Near-infrared Shortwave-infrared spectrometer

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Ozone	UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Radiation budget	UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	UVNS (Sentinel-5)
Land	Albedo and reflectance	UVNS (Sentinel-5)

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