Sentinel-3B is a
European Space Agency Earth observation satellite dedicated to
oceanography which launched on 25 April 2018.
It was built as a part of the
Copernicus Programme
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States.
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, and is the second (after
Sentinel-3A
Sentinel-3A is a European Space Agency Earth observation satellite dedicated to oceanography which launched on 16 February 2016. It was built as a part of the Copernicus Programme, and is the first of four planned Sentinel-3 satellites. Its sis ...
, launched 16 February 2016) of four planned
Sentinel-3 satellites.
Launch
Sentinel-3B was successfully launched on 25 April 2018 at 17:57
UTC from the
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Plesetsk Cosmodrome ( rus, Космодром «Плесецк», r=Kosmodrom "Plesetsk", p=kəsmɐˈdrom plʲɪˈsʲet͡sk) is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 ...
aboard a
Rokot
Rokot (russian: Рокот meaning ''Rumble'' or ''Boom''), also transliterated Rockot, was a Russian space launch vehicle that was capable of launching a payload of into a Earth orbit with 63° inclination. It was based on the UR-100N (SS- ...
launch vehicle.
See also
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Sentinel-3#Instruments
References
External links
Sentinel-3 program websiteby ESA
Sentinel-3 websiteby the Copernicus Programme
Real-time orbital trackinguphere.space
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Copernicus Programme
Earth observation satellites of the European Space Agency
Earth satellite radar altimeters
Spacecraft launched by Rokot rockets
Spacecraft launched in 2018
Oceanographic satellites