Post by glactus on Dec 9, 2011 1:38:46 GMT
Sentinel is a series of future space missions currently being developed by ESA under the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security(GMES) programme. The Sentinel missions include radar and super-spectral imaging for land, ocean and atmospheric monitoring.
The Sentinel 5 satellite
The Sentinel missions will have the following objectives:
Sentinel 1 will provide all-weather, day and night radar imaging for land and ocean services. The first Sentinel-1 satellite is planned for launch in 2013;
Sentinel 2 will provide high-resolution optical imaging for land services (e.g. imagery of vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas). Sentinel-2 will also provide information for emergency services. The first Sentinel-2 satellite is planned for launch at the end of 2012;
Jason 2 satellite in orbit
Sentinel 3 will provide ocean and global land monitoring services. The first Sentinel-3 satellite is planned for launch at the end of 2012;
Sentinel-4, embarked as a payload upon a Meteosat Third Generation Satellite will provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring. It will be launched in 2017;
The Jason 2 satellite
Sentinel-5 will also provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring. It will be embarked on a post-EUMETSAT Polar System(EPS) spacecraft and launched in 2019;
Sentinel-6 is the intent to sustain high precision altimetry missions following the Jason-2 satellite.
Jason-2, also known as the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), will continue the oceanography program begun by the TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions. Jason will continue to monitor global ocean circulation, discover the tie between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate predictions, and monitor events such as El Nio conditions and ocean eddies.
Credits: These are ESA images
Text by wikipedia
The Sentinel 5 satellite
The Sentinel missions will have the following objectives:
Sentinel 1 will provide all-weather, day and night radar imaging for land and ocean services. The first Sentinel-1 satellite is planned for launch in 2013;
Sentinel 2 will provide high-resolution optical imaging for land services (e.g. imagery of vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas). Sentinel-2 will also provide information for emergency services. The first Sentinel-2 satellite is planned for launch at the end of 2012;
Jason 2 satellite in orbit
Sentinel 3 will provide ocean and global land monitoring services. The first Sentinel-3 satellite is planned for launch at the end of 2012;
Sentinel-4, embarked as a payload upon a Meteosat Third Generation Satellite will provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring. It will be launched in 2017;
The Jason 2 satellite
Sentinel-5 will also provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring. It will be embarked on a post-EUMETSAT Polar System(EPS) spacecraft and launched in 2019;
Sentinel-6 is the intent to sustain high precision altimetry missions following the Jason-2 satellite.
Jason-2, also known as the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), will continue the oceanography program begun by the TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions. Jason will continue to monitor global ocean circulation, discover the tie between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate predictions, and monitor events such as El Nio conditions and ocean eddies.
Credits: These are ESA images
Text by wikipedia