A low Earth-orbiting satellite, the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (Sentinel-5P) mission is dedicated to monitoring the composition of the atmosphere. Its data will be used largely by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. The mission will deliver information to monitor air quality, stratospheric ozone and will also be used for climate variables monitoring, and support European policy-making.

The Sentinel-5P mission will be the first of a series of atmospheric chemistry missions to be launched within the European Commission's Copernicus programme. With the current launch window of September 2017 and a nominal lifetime of seven years, Sentinel-5P is expected to provide continuity in the availability of global atmospheric data products between its predecessor missions, SCIAMACHY (Envisat) and OMI (Aura), and the future Sentinel-4 and -5 missions.

Source: ESA Sentinel Online

Image credit: ESA - Sentinel-5P Astrobus Platform Elements

Related Missions:

• Aura Mission (EOS/Chem-1)
• Copernicus (European Commission's Earth Observation Program) / formerly GMES
• Copernicus: Sentinel-4
• Copernicus: Sentinel-5
• EnviSat (Environmental Satellite)