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Sentinel-5P liftoff replay

Replay of the Sentinel-5P liftoff on a Rockot from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 09:27 GMT (11:27 CEST) on 13 October 2017. Sentinel-5P – the ‘P’ standing for ‘Precursor’ – is the fir...

Sentinel-5P

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit 133/3 (133L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Sentinel-5P, also known as Sentinel-5 Precursor, is an Earth observation satellite developed by European space agency as a part of Copernicus Programme. Being the first mission of the program dedicated to monitoring air pollution, Sentinel-5P is tasked to perform atmospheric measurements relating to air quality, climate forcing, ozone and UV radiation.

Rokot/Briz-KM

Family:
Configuration: Briz-KM

Specifications

Minimum Stage
1
Max Stage
3
Length
29.0 m
Diameter
2.5 m
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
107.0 T
Thrust
1870.0 kN

Family

Name
Rokot/Briz-KM
Family
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Variant
Briz-KM
Alias
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Full Name
Rokot/Briz-KM

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
1850.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

(VKO)

Successes: 20 Failures: 2 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

INFO WIKI

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

133/3 (133L)

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