Sentinel-3B
Sentinel-3B Vector drawing of the Sentinel-3
Mission type Earth observation Operator ESA · EUMETSAT COSPAR ID 2018-039A SATCAT no. 43437 Website Sentinel-3 (ESA) Mission duration Planned: 7 years
Spacecraft type Sentinel-3 Bus Prima Manufacturer Thales Alenia Space [ 1] Launch mass 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)[ 2] Dry mass 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)[ 3] Dimensions 3.9 × 2.2 × 2.2 m (12.8 × 7.2 × 7.2 ft)[ 2] Power 2,300 watts[ 3]
Launch date 25 April 2018, 17:57:51 (2018-04-25UTC17:57:51 ) UTC[ 1] Rocket Rokot /Briz-KM Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome , Site 133 Contractor Eurockot Launch Services
Reference system Geocentric Regime Sun-synchronous Semi-major axis 7,180.77 km (4,461.92 mi) Eccentricity 0.0001027 Perigee altitude 801.90 km (498.28 mi) Apogee altitude 803.38 km (499.20 mi) Inclination 98.6276° Period 100.93 min RAAN 183.84° Argument of perigee 96.39° Mean motion 14.26 rev/day Repeat interval 27 days[ 4] Epoch 25 April 2018, 20:50:15 UTC[ 5]
Band S band (TT&C support) X band (science data)Bandwidth S band : 64 kbit/s uplink, 1 Mbit/s downlink X band : 2 × 280 Mbit/s
Instruments OLCI Ocean and Land Colour Instrument SLSTR Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer SRAL Synthetic Aperture Radar Altimeter MWR Microwave Radiometer DORIS Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite LRR Laser Retro-Reflector GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
Sentinel-3B is a European Space Agency Earth observation satellite dedicated to oceanography which launched on 25 April 2018.[ 1] Copernicus Programme , and is the second (after Sentinel-3A , launched 16 February 2016) of four planned Sentinel-3 satellites.
Launch
Sentinel-3B was successfully launched on 25 April 2018 at 17:57 UTC from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Rokot launch vehicle.[ 1]
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