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Sentinel-3 is a Global Land and Ocean monitoring mission developed in the frame of the joint EC/ESA Copernicus initiative. Carrying a suite of cutting-edge instruments, Sentinel-3 will measure systematically Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere to monitor and understand large-scale global dynamics. It will provide essential information in near-real time for ocean and weather forecasting. Four identical Sentinel-3 satellites are planned that will collectively provide a 20-year period of continuous observations. The Sentinel-3A (S3A) satellite was launched on the 16th of February 2016. Sentinel-3B satellite is under development and will be launched in 2017. Sentinel-3C and D satellites are in preparation as replacement for the A and B units. In this paper we will describe the S3A optical payload and summarize the first commissioning phase results.
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Bézy, JL., Nieke, J., Frerick, J., Mavrocordatos, C., The S3 team. (2017). Sentinel-3A: First Flight Results of Its Optical Payload. In: Urbach, H., Zhang, G. (eds) 3rd International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 192. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49184-4_49
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