Earth Observation
SENTINEL-3A
OperationalEarth ObservationLEO
SENTINEL-3A is a EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) earth observation satellite, launched on February 16, 2016 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 16, 2016 at 05:57 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Eurockot Launch Services
- Mission
- Sentinel-3A
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 804 km
- Periapsis
- 802 km
- Inclination
- 98.62°
- Orbital period
- 100.93 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,130 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,146 kg
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-011A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41335
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Radar cross-section
- 3.9811 m²
- Status
- Operational