sentinel, european, space, agency, earth, observation, satellite, dedicated, oceanography, which, launched, april, 2018, built, part, copernicus, programme, second, after, sentinel, launched, february, 2016, four, planned, sentinel, satellites, vector, drawing. Sentinel 3B is a European Space Agency Earth observation satellite dedicated to oceanography which launched on 25 April 2018 1 It was built as a part of the Copernicus Programme and is the second after Sentinel 3A launched 16 February 2016 of four planned Sentinel 3 satellites Sentinel 3BVector drawing of the Sentinel 3Mission typeEarth observationOperatorESA EUMETSATCOSPAR ID2018 039ASATCAT no 43437WebsiteSentinel 3 ESA Mission durationPlanned 7 years Elapsed 5 years 10 months 15 daysSpacecraft propertiesSpacecraft typeSentinel 3BusPrimaManufacturerThales Alenia Space 1 Launch mass1 250 kg 2 756 lb 2 Dry mass1 150 kg 2 535 lb 3 Dimensions3 9 2 2 2 2 m 12 8 7 2 7 2 ft 2 Power2 300 watts 3 Start of missionLaunch date25 April 2018 17 57 51 2018 04 25UTC17 57 51 UTC 1 RocketRokotLaunch sitePlesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133ContractorEurockot Launch ServicesOrbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeSun synchronousSemi major axis7 180 77 km 4 461 92 mi Eccentricity0 0001027Perigee altitude801 90 km 498 28 mi Apogee altitude803 38 km 499 20 mi Inclination98 6276 Period100 93 minRAAN183 84 Argument of perigee96 39 Mean motion14 26 rev dayRepeat interval27 days 4 Epoch25 April 2018 20 50 15 UTC 5 TranspondersBandS band TT amp C support X band science data BandwidthS band 64 kbit s uplink 1 Mbit s downlink X band 2 280 Mbit sInstrumentsOLCIOcean and Land Colour InstrumentSLSTRSea and Land Surface Temperature RadiometerSRALSynthetic Aperture Radar AltimeterMWRMicrowave RadiometerDORISDoppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by SatelliteLRRLaser Retro ReflectorGNSSGlobal Navigation Satellite SystemSentinel 3 Sentinel 3ASentinel 3C Contents 1 Launch 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLaunch editSentinel 3B was successfully launched on 25 April 2018 at 17 57 UTC from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Rokot launch vehicle 1 See also editSentinel 3 InstrumentsReferences edit a b c d Clark Stephen 25 April 2018 European environmental observer launched by Russian rocket Spaceflight Now Retrieved 25 April 2018 a b Copernicus Sentinel 3 eoPortal European Space Agency Retrieved 25 April 2018 a b Satellite Sentinel 3B World Meteorological Organization Retrieved 25 April 2018 Sentinel 3 Mission Summary European Space Agency Retrieved 30 January 2016 Sentinel 3B Orbit Heavens Above 25 April 2018 Retrieved 25 April 2018 External links edit nbsp Spaceflight portalSentinel 3 program website by ESA Sentinel 3 website by the Copernicus Programme Real time orbital tracking uphere space Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sentinel 3B amp oldid 1030654546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
