Sentinel-3 mission overview
Sentinel-3A’s preparation is finished and the satellite will soon be shipped to the Russian Cosmodrome of Plesetsk, in Northern Russia for its launch on top of a Rockot planned end of this year. Carrying a suite of state-of-the-art instruments, Sentinel-3 is set to play a key role in Copernicus, the world’s largest environmental monitoring programme operated by the European Commission. It will provide highly accurate measurements on Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere.
nice
Is this data publicly available? Are there any APIs and similar access? I wonder what us developers can do to help and use such data.
What do you think about the project Apogeios ?
why is the insulation black ? won't that make cooling harder ?
Are there any good videos detailing the "shipping" process? This video mentions transporting the satellite to Russia for launch, and that process might be fairly interesting.
Thank you to everyone that made this happen!
2:13.. No.. no … GOD PLEASE NOOOO…. it's not a fucking quantum leap…
A quantum leap is the smallest possible cange in a System -> and it is unstable and falls apart instantly.
Stop using this word.. please, for the sake of phsyics…. stop it…
btw that Sentinel mission is really interesting, Great work ESA
I have a question why we can't launch this satellite with a Ariane 5 launcher!