{"id":2846,"date":"2022-07-04T21:55:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T21:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/?page_id=2846"},"modified":"2022-07-27T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T12:03:10","slug":"satellite-instruments-key-technical-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/satellite-instruments-key-technical-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentinel Instruments-Key Technical Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SENTlNEL-1<\/h5>

C-SAR (C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar)<\/h2>

Imaging microwave radars<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

Sentinel-1A<\/b> \u2013 April 3, 2014
\nSentinel-1B<\/b> \u2013 April 25, 2016<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days<\/b>: 12\n
Orbit Type<\/b>: Sun-synchronous\n
Orbit Altitude<\/b>: 693 km\n
Orbit Period<\/b>: 98.6 min<\/span><\/span><\/p> <\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Bands<\/b>:<\/span> <\/b>C\n
Swath<\/b>: 80 km, 250 km, 400 km
Spatial Resolution:<\/b><\/span> 5m, 20m, 40m<\/span>\n
Temporal Resolution<\/b>: 6 days<\/span>\n
Radiometric Resolution<\/b>: \u2013\n
Frequency<\/b>: 5.405 GHz\n
Antenna look direction<\/b>: Right<\/p><\/div>

DATA PRODUCTS<\/h5>

L0(raw data)\n
L1(SLC-single look complex) L1(GRD-ground range detected) L2(OCN- ocean physics parameters)<\/p><\/div>

ACQUISITION MODES<\/h5>

Stripmap (SM)
\nInterferometric Wide swath (IW)
\nExtra-Wide swath (EW)
\nWave mode (WV).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

SENTINEL-2<\/h5>

Multispectral Instrument<\/h2>

High resolution optical imagers<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

Sentinel-2A<\/b>\u2013 June 23, 2015
\nSentinel-2B<\/b>\u2013 March 7, 2017<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days<\/b>: 10
\nOrbit Type<\/b>: Sun-synchronous
\nOrbit Altitude<\/b>: 786 km
\nOrbit Period<\/b>: 100.6 min<\/p><\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Bands<\/b>: 13
\nSwath<\/b>: 290 km
\nSpatial Resolution<\/b>: 10m, 20m, 60m
\nTemporal Resolution<\/b>: 5 days
\nRadiometric Resolution<\/b>: 12 bits
\nFrequency<\/b>: 5.405 GHz
\nAntenna look direction<\/b>: Nadir<\/p><\/div>

DATA PRODUCTS<\/h5>

L1C<\/b>\u2013 Top-Of-Atmosphere reflectances in cartographic geometry
L2A- <\/b>Bottom-Of-Atmosphere reflectances in cartographic geometry<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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SENTINEL-3<\/h5>

OLCI-Ocean and land cover instrument<\/h2>

Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (VIS\/IR) and ocean colour instruments<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

Sentinel-3A<\/b>\u2013 April 16, 2016
\nSentinel-3B<\/b>\u2013 April 25, 2018<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days<\/b>: 27
\nOrbit Type<\/b>: Sun-synchronous
\nOrbit Altitude<\/b>: 814.5 km
\nOrbit Period<\/b>: 100.99 min<\/p><\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Bands<\/b>: 21
\nSwath<\/b>: 1270 km, across-track tilt 12.2 deg to the West\n
Spatial Resolution: 300 m, 1.2 km
Temporal Resolution: \u2013
\nRadiometric Resolution: 400 nm to 1020 nm<\/p><\/div>

DATA PRODUCTS<\/h5>

L0 & L1(TOA)\n
L2(BOA)
Synergy(OLCI SLSTR): SYN L1 & SYN L2<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

SENTINEL-3<\/h5>

SLSTR-Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer<\/h2>

Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (VIS\/IR)<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

Sentinel-3A<\/b>\u2013 April 16, 2016
\nSentinel-3B<\/b>\u2013 April 25, 2018<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days:<\/b> <\/b>27
\nOrbit Type<\/b>: Sun-synchronous
\nOrbit Altitude<\/b>: 814.5 km
\nOrbit Period<\/b>: 100.99 min<\/p><\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Bands<\/b>: 9
\nSwath<\/b>: 1675 km (near-nadir view), 750km (backward view)
\nSpatial Resolution<\/b>: 500m, 1 km
\nTemporal Resolution<\/b>: \u2013
\nRadiometric Resolution: 19.25 nm to 905 nm
\nFrequency: \u2013
\nAntenna look direction: \u2013<\/p><\/div>

DATA PRODUCTS<\/h5>

L0 & L1(TOA)
L2(BOA)\n
Synergy(OLCI SLSTR)\n
SYN L1 & SYN L2<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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SENTINEL-3<\/h5>

SRAL-SAR Radar Altimeter<\/h2>

Radar altimeters<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

Sentinel-3A\u2013<\/b> April 16, 2016
\nSentinel-3B<\/b>\u2013 April 25, 2018<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days<\/b>: 27
\nOrbit Type<\/b>: Sun-synchronous
\nOrbit Altitude<\/b>: 814.5 km
\nOrbit Period<\/b>: 100.99 min<\/p><\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Bands<\/b>: Ku & C
\nSwath<\/b>: Profiling
\nSpatial Resolution<\/b>: 300m
\nTemporal Resolution<\/b>: \u2013
\nRadiometric Resolution<\/b>: \u2013
\nFrequency<\/b>: \u2013
\nAntenna look direction<\/b>: \u2013<\/p><\/div>

DATA PRODUCTS<\/h5>

L0, L1 & L2<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

SENTINEL-3<\/h5>

MWR-Microwave Radiometer<\/h2>

Microwave radiometers<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

Sentinel-3A<\/b>\u2013 April 16, 2016
\nSentinel-3B<\/b>\u2013 April 25, 2018<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days<\/b>: 27
\nOrbit Type<\/b>: Sun-synchronous
\nOrbit Altitude<\/b>: 814.5 km
\nOrbit Period<\/b>: 100.99 min<\/p><\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Frequency<\/b>: \u201323.8 & 36.5GHz<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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SENTINEL-5p<\/h5>

TROPOMI(TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument)<\/h2>

Passive grating imaging spectrometer<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

October 13, 2017<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days: 16
\nOrbit Type: Sun-synchronous, nearly polar
\nOrbit Altitude: 824 km
\nOrbit Period: 17 min<\/p><\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Bands<\/b>: UV, VIS, NIR, SWIR
\nSwath<\/b>: 2600 Km
\nSpatial Resolution<\/b>: 7 km x 3.5 km
\nTemporal Resolution<\/b>: NRT (3 hrs),  Offline(12 hrs, 5 days)
\nRadiometric Resolution: \u2013
\nFrequency<\/b>: UV-1: 270 \u2013 300 nm, UV-2: 300 \u2013 400 nm, VIS: 400 \u2013 500 nm, NIR: 710 \u2013 775 nm, SWIR-3: 2305 \u2013 2385 nm
\nAntenna look direction: \u2013<\/p><\/div>

DATA PRODUCTS<\/h5>

L0<\/b>\u2013 Time-ordered, raw satellite telemetry without temporal overlap, including sensor data of the 4 spectrometers, for both atmospheric and calibration measurements\n
L1B<\/b>\u2013 geo-located and radiometrically corrected top of the atmosphere
L2<\/b>\u2013 Geolocated total columns of ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and methane, geolocated tropospheric columns of ozone, geolocated vertical profiles of ozone, geolocated cloud and aerosol information<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

SENTINEL-6A<\/h5>

Poseidon-4 (Poseidon-4 SAR Radar Altimeter)<\/h2>

Radar Altimeter<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

November 21, 2020<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days<\/b>: 10
\nOrbit Typ<\/b>e: Non-Sunsynchronous
\nOrbit Altitude<\/b>: 1336 km
\nOrbit Period<\/b>: 112.4 min<\/p><\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Bands<\/b>: Ku & C
\nSwath<\/b>: 300 km between tracks at equator
\nSpatial Resolution<\/b>: \u2013
\nTemporal Resolution<\/b>: 10 days
\nRadiometric Resolution: \u2013
\nFrequency<\/b>: Microwave: Ku-band (13.575 GHz), C-band (5.3 GHz)
\nAntenna look direction<\/b>: Nadir pointing<\/p><\/div>

PROCESSING LEVELS<\/h5>

Near-real Time(NRT), Short Time Critical(STC) & Non-Time Critical(NTC)<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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SENTINEL-6A<\/h5>

AMR-C (Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate)<\/h2>

Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave)<\/p><\/div> <\/div>

LAUNCH DATE<\/h5>

November 21, 2020<\/p><\/div>

MISSION PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Cycle Days: 10
\nOrbit Type: Non-Sunsynchronous
\nOrbit Altitude: 1336 km
\nOrbit Period: 112.4 min<\/p><\/div>

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS<\/h5>

Bands<\/b>: Microwave
\nSwath<\/b>: Nadir-only viewing, associated to the JASON-CS radar altimeter
\nSpatial Resolution<\/b>: \u2013 41.6 km, 36.1km, 22.9km
\nTemporal Resolution<\/b>: 10 days
\nRadiometric Resolution<\/b>: \u2013
\nFrequency<\/b>: 18.7, 23.8 & 34 GHz
\nAntenna look direction<\/b>: Nadir pointing<\/p><\/div>

PROCESSING LEVELS<\/h5>

Near-real Time(NRT), Short Time Critical(STC) & Non-Time Critical(NTC)<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SENTlNEL-1 C-SAR (C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar) Imaging microwave radars LAUNCH DATE Sentinel-1A \u2013 April 3, 2014 Sentinel-1B \u2013 April 25, 2016 MISSION PARAMETERSCycle Days: 12 Orbit Type: Sun-synchronous Orbit Altitude: 693 km Orbit Period: 98.6 min INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS Bands: C Swath: 80 km, 250 km, 400 kmSpatial Resolution: 5m, 20m, 40m Temporal Resolution: 6 days Radiometric Resolution: \u2013…
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