Sentinel 3 is primarily an ocean mission however the mission is also able to provide atmospheric and land applications.
Sentinel 3 satellite data.
Sentinel 3a was launched on 16 february 2016.
Sentinel 3 is a multi instrument platform that focuses on ocean surface topography as well as land and sea surface temperature.
This has led to design architecture as robust as possible using a single smu satellite management unit computer as the platform controller a.
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The esa provides a map interface for searching for and downloading from the sentinel 3 data hub.
The mission provides data continuity for the ers envisat and spot satellites.
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The sentinel 3 mission is part of the european commission copernicus programme for earth observation.
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Sentinel 3a and sentinel 3b two more satellites sentinel 3c and sentinel 3d are on order.
Overview of sentinel 3 spacecraft parameters.
The requirements for the sentinel 3 data handling architecture call for.
It currently as of 2019 consists of 2 satellites.
A minimized development risks b system at minimum cost c operational system over 20 years.
Level 0 is the reconstructed and time sorted instrument source packet isp at full space time resolution all communications artefacts e g.
Sentinel 3 makes use of multiple sensing instruments to accomplish its objectives.
Noaa coastwatch oceanwatch provides sentinel data to us users through official arrangements with esa eumetsat and the european commission.
There are different data products associated with the three levels of processing of olci.
Sentinel data products discover more about the data that will be acquired by the instruments carried aboard the sentinel satellites and what products may be derived from this.
Copernicus formerly global monitoring for environment and security is the european programme to establish a.
Three sentinel 3 platforms are planned for launch of which the first sentinel 3a was launched in february 2016.
Synchronisation frames communications headers and duplicate data and invalid packets are removed.
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The first two satellites a and b were initially operated in a temporary tandem.
Slstr sea and land surface temperature radiometer olci ocean and land colour instrument sral sar.
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The other two sentinel 3b and 3c are scheduled to launch within the 2017 2020 timeframe.
Sentinel 3 is a multi instrument mission to measure sea and land surface temperature ocean and land color and sea surface topography.
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The satellites will provide land and ocean data with the land data delivered by esa while eumetsat will be responsible for both the operation of the satellite and the processing and delivery of ocean data.