Sentinel-5 A Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Sentinel-5 A -

Full Name

Sentinel-5 A

Status

Approved

Mission Agencies

ESA , COM , EUMETSAT

Launch Date

Mar 2025

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

Sep 2032

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

To support global atmospheric composition and air quality monitoring services. The Sentinel-5 A mission is carried on EPS-SG-A.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	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)

Mission Instruments

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

OpenSearch Datasets

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