Sentinel-5p – Рокот/Бриз-КМ – Плесецк 133/3 – 13.10.2017 09:27 UTC

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DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 16 ч. назад

Good overview of the multitude of trace gases that #Sentinel5p #Tropomi will be able to detect, bringing air pollution into focus

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DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 16 ч. назад

With around 2600km swath width, #Sentinel5p will be able to provide daily global coverage for air quality measurements and forecasts

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Как работает Tropomi:
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NSO‏ @NLSpaceOffice 14 ч. назад

European satellite with Dutch core ready for launch @KNMI @AirbusDS_NL @TNO_Research @SRON_Space @ESA_EO @esa

https://www.spaceoffice.nl/en/news/210/european-satellite-with-dutch-core-ready-for-launch.html

European satellite with Dutch core ready for launch

The Sentinel-5P satellite, with the Dutch space instrument Tropomi at its core, is ready for launch. After its launch, Tropomi will monitor the air quality and spread of greenhouse gases with unprecedented precision. In early October, a Russian Rokot-type rocket will place the satellite into orbit fr om the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Siberia. The Sentinel-5P was seen for the last time today in the cleanroom of Airbus UK in Stevenage, before being prepared for transport to the launch pad.

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The aim of the European megaproject Copernicus is to deploy satellites to monitor the safety and health of our planet. Working on instructions fr om the European Commission, the European Space Agency (ESA) has already launched five Sentinel satellites into space, all of which are observing the Earth through their own electronic eyes. Sentinel-5P is the latest addition to the Copernicus stable, this time packed with Dutch-made high tech, combined to form the technological tour de force, Tropomi. Its mission: to analyse the Earth's atmosphere, every day, across the globe, with unprecedented precision.

And not before time, says Pepijn Veefkind fr om the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), which manages the scientific side of the project together with the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON). 'Previous satellite readings provided data about the air quality above urbanised areas around the world, such as Western Europe and Eastern China. The red patches on the maps we compiled from this data speak for themselves. The high-accuracy observations made by Tropomi will give us pointers for tackling the problem.'

Pointers are sorely needed to come to grips with the climate problem. Tropomi is expected to make an important contribution in this respect, by literally mapping the routes taken by greenhouse gases through the Earth's atmosphere. Veefkind: 'A gas like methane, for example, might be much less prevalent in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, yet it has a much more powerful greenhouse effect. Tropomi will show wh ere it's coming from and wh ere it's going.'

Several technological developments realised by the aerospace company Airbus in Leiden, and incorporated into the global concept, are crucial to Tropomi. Sytze Kampen from Airbus: 'Our partners SRON and TNO came up with the idea of immersed gratings. It's a clever optical trick that allows the whole instrument to be forty times smaller. Pure profit in space engineering terms.'



The Dutch government has invested a total of € 80 million in the development of the space project, thanks to an agreement signed with ESA in 2009 by former Minister of Economic Affairs, Maria van der Hoeven. This allowed the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) to award the contract to the consortium that developed Tropomi. This will lead to more than just new scientific insights, says deputy-director of NSO, Nico van Putten: 'We are capitalising in a field wh ere the Netherlands is already a world leader. Tropomi is creating opportunities for new international projects for Dutch space technology.'

The advanced technology used for Tropomi is the life's work of many Dutch engineers, which is why a final glimpse of the satellite is so special, says Sytze Kampen from Airbus in Leiden. 'This is the final result of a combination of Dutch high tech and years of dedication from a close team of specialists. Seeing a project actually ready for launch is a rare occurrence in the career of a space engineer.'

Tropomi is a collaboration between Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands, KNMI, SRON and TNO. It was commissioned by NSO and ESA. Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands is the principal contractor for developing the instrument, while scientific management is in the hands of KNMI and SRON. Funding for TROPOMI was provided by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.

This is how Tropomi works
https://14-lvl3-pdl.vimeocdn.com/01/3899/3/94498781/251552172.mp4?expires=1500601275&token=016d2be08a18903d67885
More information about Tropomi: www.tropomi.nl

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ESA EarthObservation‏Подлинная учетная запись @ESA_EO 11 ч. назад

Director @AschbacherJosef: #Sentinel5P "will take @CopernicusEU programme into a new era of atmospheric monitoring." http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-5P/Air_pollution_monitoring_Sentinel_on_show ...

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-5P/Air_pollution_monitoring_Sentinel_on_show

Air pollution monitoring Sentinel on show
 
20 July 2017
With Sentinel-5 Precursor about to be packed up and shipped to Russia for liftoff in late September, media representatives, members of the UK Space Agency and National Centre for Earth Observation had the chance to see this Copernicus air-pollution monitoring satellite standing proud in the cleanroom.
 
Sentinel-5 Precursor – also known as Sentinel-5P – is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere.

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Sentinel-5P on show

It has been built to map a multitude of trace gases such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane that affect air quality.

The satellite will help to identify pollution hotspots where public health could be at risk. It will also contribute to services that warn of high levels of UV radiation, which can cause skin cancer, and volcanic ash monitoring for aviation safety.

Carrying the Tropomi instrument, the most advanced of its kind, Sentinel-5P will map the entire planet every 24 hours. The availability of accurate and up-to-date information will help decision-makers to fight air pollution and climate change.


Josef Aschbacher

Sentinel-5P is the forerunner of the Sentinel-5 mission to be carried on the MetOp Second Generation satellites that will be launched in a few years. Until then Sentinel-5P will deliver much needed information to monitor and track air pollution.

The media event was held at Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, UK, where the satellite was built and tested.

ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Josef Aschbacher, said, "It's wonderful to see the satellite in all its glory, and it's thanks to a truly collaborative effort that it will take the EC's Copernicus programme into a new era of atmospheric monitoring.

"ESA is very grateful to the Netherlands for its substantial contribution to the Tropomi instrument. The mission as a whole was designed and built by a consortium of 30 companies under the leadership of Airbus Defence and Space."

Nico van Putten, Deputy Director of the Netherlands Space Office, added, "The development and the implementation of the top-notch Tropomi instrument for Sentinel-5P is thanks to the remarkable close cooperation between different entities from all over Europe.


Bringing air pollution into focus

"As a Dutch institution we are proud to contribute to this marvel of space technology, which will now help to tackle global challenges, making Europe even stronger in Earth observation."

Pepijn Veefkind from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, KNMI, added, "Every day, Tropomi will make almost 20 million observations of important air pollutants and gases affecting the climate.

"KNMI will use this data to improve air-quality forecasts and to keep a close eye on emission increases or reductions, and to monitor what mitigation measures are effective in protecting the air we breathe."

Engineers will now prepare the satellite for shipment to the Plesetsk launch site in Russia. Once there it will be thoroughly tested and prepared for launch in late September.

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ESA EarthObservation‏Подлинная учетная запись @ESA_EO 7 ч. назад

#Sentinel5P will monitor #TraceGases such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane that affect air quality. http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2017/07/Bringing_air_pollution_into_focus ...

http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2017/07/Bringing_air_pollution_into_focus

Bringing air pollution into focus

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Sentinel-5 Precursor is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere. With air pollution a major concern, the satellite carries the state-of-the-art Tropomi instrument to map a multitude of trace gases such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, formaldehyde, sulphur dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide and aerosols – all of which affect the air we breathe and therefore our health, and our climate.

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ESA EarthObservation‏Подлинная учетная запись @ESA_EO 13 ч. назад

New article: #Sentinel5P shows off its splendor one last time before being shipped to Russia for launch in September http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-5P/Air_pollution_monitoring_Sentinel_on_show ...

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Airbus Space‏Подлинная учетная запись @AirbusSpace 21 ч. назад

#Sentinel5P is based on @AirbusSpace' Astrobus-M platform and carries the TROPOMI instrument @esa_eo @esa @CopernicusEU

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Sentinel-5 Precursor - Solar Array Deployment
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DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 5 ч. назад

Nice internal view of @ESA_EO @CopernicusEU #Sentinel5p #Tropomi total launch weight around 820 kg (82 kg of on-board thruster propellant)

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http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2017/07/Sentinel-5P_offers_daily_coverage

Sentinel-5P offers daily coverage

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The Copernicus Sentinel-5 satellite carries the state-of-the-art Tropomi instrument to map a multitude of trace gases such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, formaldehyde, sulphur dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide and aerosols – all of which affect the air we breathe and therefore our health, and our climate.

With a swath width of 2600 km, it will map the entire planet every day. Information from this new mission will be used through the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service for air quality forecasts and for decision-making.

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2017/jul/20/uk-built-pollution-monitoring-satellite-ready-for-launch

UK-built pollution monitoring satellite ready for launch

Stuart Clark
Thursday 20 July 2017 16.29 BST

The Sentinel-5P spacecraft is designed to monitor the pollution that causes a reported tens of thousands of deaths every year in the UK

Last year, the European Space Agency launched the Trace Gas Orbiter to Mars. It is designed to look for methane – a key tracer of life – to determine if Martian microbes are present on the red planet.

Now, ESA is preparing to launch another spacecraft to look at methane on another planet: our own.

The UK-built Sentinel-5P, a pollution monitoring satellite, is ready to begin its journey fr om Airbus Defence and Space, Stevenage, to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, where it will lift off in late September/early October.

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An artist's impression of Sentinel-5P. Photograph: ESA/Airbus

Sentinel-5P is part of the Copernicus global monitoring programme, a joint venture between the European Commission and the European Space Agency. This particular spacecraft is the first Copernicus satellite dedicated to monitoring atmospheric chemistry.

Missions like this are essential for making the connection between space and everyday life on Earth, according to Colin Paynter, Managing Director of Airbus Defence and Space, UK. He says, "Space is not just for geeks, it is part of our national and international infrastructure."


The Sentinel-5P satellite in the cleanroom at Airbus Defence and Space, Stevenage, UK. Photograph: Max Alexander/Airbus

It traps 28 times more heat than an equivalent mass of carbon dioxide. It is released naturally by living things – hence the interest in looking for it on Mars – but also from the fossil fuel industry, landfill sites, rice agriculture and the thawing of the permafrost at higher latitudes.

As well as methane, Sentinel-5 P will also look for nitrogen dioxide and other key polluting gases.

Nitrogen dioxide comes mainly from road traffic and other fossil fuel combustion, and naturally occurring forest fires. Last year a report from the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health found that in the UK air pollution causes at least 40,000 deaths a year, and costs the economy £20bn a year.

Sentinel-5P will be able to measure pollution accurately across individual countries, which can then be compared to their self-declared pollution inventories. It will image the whole Earth every day, and can also monitor concentrations of volcanic ash for air safety, and warn against high levels of the UV radiation that can cause skin cancer.

The Copernicus programme aims to provide comprehensive Earth observation data to improve the management of the environment. It will eventually consist of 20 missions, 15 of which will be dedicated satellites and 5 of which will be instruments on other spacecraft.

"A system like this has never existed before," says Josef Aschbacher, Director of Earth Observation Programmes, European Space Agency. "The US and other partners are looking to Europe to make deals to get access to this data."

In a statement released today, business secretary Greg Clark said, "The UK-built Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite and the success of the Copernicus Programme demonstrates what we can achieve through collaboration with our European partners and the UK's vital role in the programme thanks to our Earth observation expertise."

Aschbacher confirms that the UK has been a strong partner and says that from a programme management point of view, he wants to see that role continue but, "Brexit is the thing that is floating above us."

Although the UK will remain a member of ESA, around 70 percent of the Copernicus programme is funded from the European Commission. As such, Britain's future involvement seems certain to be affected by the Brexit settlement.

"It is clearly important to our industry to stay a part of the programme," says Graham Turnock, Chief Executive, UK Space Agency, "We cannot wait until the day before Brexit to get clarity on this."

Separately, the future of the Copernicus programme is part of an on-going series of negotiations between ESA, its member countries and the European Commission. Aschbacher says that such constant reappraisal is essential, "We have the best system in the world. In 10 years, I want to ensure that we still have the best system in the world."

The next major hurdle is an ESA Ministerial Meeting in late 2019, after the UK has left the EU. Here, each country will agree how much to contribute to Copernicus and each of the space agency's other programmes.

The Sentinel-5P mission is designed to last for seven years in an 824km-altitude orbit around the Earth. No one knows wh ere the UK will be in its orbit around the EU in 2024.

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http://tass.ru/opinions/interviews/4441451

Глава представительства ЕКА в России: нам необходимо продолжать сотрудничество
27 июля, 10:00 UTC+3


Рене Пишель
© EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

О совместных планах по исследованию Марса и Луны, пилотируемой программе ЕКА, запуске европейских спутников на российских ракетах в интервью ТАСС рассказал глава представительства Европейского космического агентства в России Рене Пишель.

— Европейское космическое агентство уже более двух лет ожидает запуска своих научных аппаратов на орбиту с помощью российской ракеты "Рокот". Когда состоится запуск спутников Sentinel?

— По информации, которой мы располагаем, запуск космического аппарата Sentinel-5P был запланирован на 21 сентября. Мы в курсе того, что во время испытаний ракеты-носителя "Рокот" были обнаружены неполадки, но, насколько нас проинформировали, их уже устранили. По последней информации запуск теперь планируется 9 октября, но мы еще ждем официального подтверждения этой даты.

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Отправка в Плесецк 30 августа
https://twitter.com/Sentinel5p

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Sentinel-5p‏ @Sentinel5p 6 мин. назад

My advanced team have arrived in Plesetsk and are busy performing the facility review. I've heard my launch tower has been painted!

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Sentinel-5p‏ @Sentinel5p 3 ч. назад

Today I start my travel. 1st part Stevenage to Stansted. Wish me luck!

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/23971/

РОСКОСМОС. ГРАФИК ПУСКОВ В СЕНТЯБРЕ-НОЯБРЕ 2017 ГОДА
29.08.2017 13:45

Комиссия РОСКОСМОСА определила план запусков космических аппаратов (КА) в рамках Федеральной космической программы (ФКП), Федеральных целевых программ (ФЦП), программ международного сотрудничества и коммерческих проектов осенью 2017 года.

РОСКОСМОС планирует осуществить в сентябре-ноябре 2017 года:
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• по федеральным и коммерческим программам - 2 пуска с космодрома ПЛЕСЕЦК:
• 22 сентября - РН «Союз-2.1б» с КА «Глонасс-М»;
• 9-12 октября (дата уточняется) - РН «Рокот» с КА «Сентинел-5П» (Sentinel-5 Precursor).
  

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http://www.eurockot.com/2017/08/start-of-sentinel-5p-launch-campaign-imminent/

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Sentinel-5p‏ @Sentinel5p 45 мин. назад

A postcard from yesterday. Me (we don't want to talk about body weight ;-) but some +700kg) being lifted onto the truck.

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Sentinel-5p‏ @Sentinel5p 50 мин. назад

My next mode of transport has arrived!

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Airbus Space‏Подлинная учетная запись @AirbusSpace 43 мин. назад

Europe's pollution monitoring satellite #Sentinel-5P has left @AirbusSpace site and is on its way to launch site. http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2017/08/Sentinel-5-Precursor-begins-final-journey-to-launch-site.html ...

http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2017/08/Sentinel-5-Precursor-begins-final-journey-to-launch-site.html

30 August 2017 • Space
Sentinel-5 Precursor begins final journey to launch site

Stevenage, 30/08/2017 – Europe's pollution monitoring satellite Sentinel-5 Precursor has left Airbus' Stevenage site and is on its way to the launch site, the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. Launch is currently planned on 9 October on a Rockot rocket.

The journey that will last 5 days, will start with a flight to Moscow aboard an Antonov 124, followed by another flight to Archangelsk in the northwest of Russia. The last leg of the journey will be a train ride taking the satellite 200km south of Archangelsk to the Russian spaceport of Plesetsk.

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Sentinel-5 Precursor is part of the global monitoring programme "Copernicus", a joint European Commission–ESA undertaking which aims to acquire continuous and accurate Earth observation data and provide services to improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure civil security.

Sentinel-5 Precursor will provide essential atmospheric chemistry data to the Copernicus programme before the Sentinel-5 instrument becomes operational in 2021 on the MetOp Second Generation satellite.

Airbus was prime for Sentinel-5 Precursor, with three sites involved in development and manufacturing of the satellites and its components: Stevenage (UK - prime), Toulouse (France) and Friedrichshafen (Germany). The TROPOMI instrument was built by Airbus Netherlands.

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