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(8 years ago)Russia launched a European satellite to orbit the Earth, with the aim of providing a series of data on ocean level, color, glacier density, or surface temperature of the planet. A Russian rocket Rkot, which carries the Sentinel-3B satellite, was launched by Plessetsk military cosmom north of Russia, according to images [...]
Russia launched a European satellite to orbit the Earth, with the aim of providing a series of data on ocean level, color, glacier density, or surface temperature of the planet.
A Russian missile, which carries the Sentinel-3B satellite, was launched by Plessetsk military cosmom in northern Russia, according to images by Russian space agency Roscosmos.
With a weight of about 120 pounds [150 kg] and shape that can be compared to that of a small car, the satellite will join its twin brother Sentinel-3A, which was launched in February 2016 and is crossing the earth at an altitude of 815 miles [815 km].
Both are part of Copernicus, the ambitious consolidation of Earth's observer satellites, ”Sentinenel” issued by the European Union and the European Space Agency (ESA), broadcast Atsh.
This will be the seventh Sentinel satellite launched in space since April 2014. Armed with highly sophisticated radar, the two Sentinel-1 satellites currently offer images of the Earth both day and night, despite meteorological conditions.
