🚀ROSCOSMOS. ROKOT LANCHER CARRIES SENTINEL-5P INTO ORBIT
October 13, 2017, 11:39 GMT
October 13, 2017 the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere, Sentinel‑5P, has been launched from the PLESETSK Space Center. The satellite was carried into orbit on a Rockot launch.
Sentinel-5P – the P standing for Precursor – is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere.
The mission is one of six families of dedicated missions that make up the core of Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring network.
Copernicus relies on the Sentinels and contributing missions to provide data for monitoring the environment and supporting civil security activities. Sentinel-5P carries the state-of-the-art Tropomi to do just that.