METOP-SG A3 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, climatology. EPS-SG-a carries the Sentinel-5 mission. 3 satellites.

Mission Summary

Full Name
EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 3
aka EPS-SG-a3
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
May 2039
Mission Links
EOL Date
Nov 2047
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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

Mission Instruments

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

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols 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
LandAlbedo and reflectance 3MI, METimage, UVNS (Sentinel-5)
Vegetation METimage
Surface temperature (land) IASI-NG, METimage
Multi-purpose imagery (land) METimage
OceanOcean surface winds MWS
Surface temperature (ocean) IASI-NG, METimage
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth METimage
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness METimage, MWS

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