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Satellite Programme: Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions
Programme details
Programme description
Set of planned missions connected to the Sentinel series.
Cooperative programme among ESA, the EC and EUMETSAT. The three agencies co-responsible of mission requirements and definition, ESA reponsible of satellites development and several operations, EUMETSAT of several operations, the EC of major co-financing.
Funding for each mission has still to be confirmed by the EU.
Six satellite systems, generally with two flight models, considered:
CHIME: Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission
CIMR: Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer
CO2M: Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
CRISTAL: Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter
LSTM: Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Monitoring
ROSE-L: Copernicus L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar.
All platforms are 3-axis stabilised; the design lifetimes change with satellites.
All satellites are in LEO orbits, most sunsynchronous (CHIME, CIMR, CO2M, LSTM and ROSE-L) at various LST, one drifting (CRISTAL).
For general information, see:
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Copernicus_Sentinel_Expansion_missions
for more details on the satellites, follow the links to the respective Mission Requirement Documents.
Data circulation
TBD
Agencies
ESA
,
EC
,
EUMETSAT
Programme lifetime
2026 - 2038
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned
Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions
CHIME-A
(2029-2034)
CHIME
CHIME-B
(2031-2037)
CHIME
CIMR-A
(2029-2036)
CIMR
CIMR-B
(2031-2036)
CIMR
CO2M-A
(2026-2033)
CLIM
CO2I and NO2I
MAP
CO2M-B
(2027-2034)
CLIM
CO2I and NO2I
MAP
CO2M-C
(2029-2036)
CLIM
CO2I and NO2I
MAP
CRISTAL-A
(2028-2034)
AMR-CR
GPS
HRMR
IRIS
LRR
CRISTAL-B
(2031-2036)
AMR-CR
GPS
HRMR
IRIS
LRR
LSTM-A
(2029-2034)
LSTM
LSTM-B
(2031-2038)
LSTM
ROSE-L A
(2030-2035)
ROSE-L
ROSE-L B
(2032-2037)
ROSE-L