Title :
The Sentinel-3 Mission: Overview and status
Author :
Donlon, C. ; Berruti, B. ; Mecklenberg, S. ; Nieke, J. ; Rebhan, H. ; Klein, U. ; Buongiorno, A. ; Mavrocordatos, C. ; Frerick, J. ; Seitz, B. ; Goryl, P. ; Féménias, P. ; Stroede, J. ; Sciarra, R.
Author_Institution :
Eur. Space Agency ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
The series of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Sentinel satellites will continue and extend the European heritage of ENVISAT to provide data to numerous user communities. Sentinel-3 is being developed to support GMES Ocean and global Land monitoring services. Two Sentinel-3 satellites are in development with a first launch in 2014 and the second satellite expected approximately 18 months after the first. This paper provides an overview of the Sentinel-3 Mission.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; space research; ENVISAT; European heritage; Sentinel-3 Mission; global monitoring for environment and security Sentinel satellites; ocean and global land monitoring services; Instruments; Land surface; Ocean temperature; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Earth Observing System; Land Surface; Low earth orbit satellites; Oceans;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351194
