Launch of Sentinel-3B – twin satellites united in space

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Launch of Sentinel-3B – twin satellites united in space - Copernicus programme Earth observation mission explores the climate impact of the oceans

The Sentinel-3 satellite pair, one of the principal components of the European Copernicus programme, is now united in space. On 25 April 2018 at 19:57 CEST (20:57 local time) the Earth observation satellite Sentinel-3B lifted off on a Russian Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. "The twin satellites will now monitor Earth together," explains Michael Nyenhuis, responsible for the Sentinel-3 mission at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Space Administration. "Once Sentinel 3B has been successfully commissioned in orbit, the system will be fully operational and we will receive valuable additional data."


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