Sentinel-5 Precursor, also known as Sentinel-5P, is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring the atmosphere. It maps a multitude of trace gases affecting air quality, health, and climate using the Tropomi instrument.
facts
operatorEuropean Space Agency (ESA)
countryEuropean Union
sensor typesghg
sats launchedtotal1
sats activeclaimed1
sats activeverified1
sats plannedunknown
orbit824 km altitude
first launch2017-10-13
latest launch2017-10-13
statusactive
websiteesa.int
resolutionm7,000
swathkm2,600
revisitdaily global coverage; 17-day orbit repeat cycle
spectral bandsUV1 (270-300 nm), UV2 (300-320 nm), UVIS (310-405 nm), VIS (405-500 nm), NIR1 (675-725 nm), NIR2 (725-775 nm), SWIR (2305-2385 nm)
sats active (verified) counts objects currently tracked in CelesTrak's catalog for this constellation. It is a tracking count, not an operator claim about satellite health.
orbit
sats launchedtotal1
sats activeclaimed1
sats activeverified1
sats plannedunknown
orbit824 km altitude
timeline
- 20182018-07-11Sentinel-5P releases its first air quality dataas of 2026-07-12
- 20172017-10-13Sentinel-5P launches on Rockot from Plesetsk, first Copernicus atmosphere missionas of 2026-07-12
- 20112011-12-08ESA awards Astrium UK a EUR45.5 million contract as Sentinel-5P prime contractoras of 2026-07-12
- 20092009-07-02Netherlands and ESA sign agreement for Sentinel-5P's Tropomi instrumentas of 2026-07-12
sources
[1] en.wikipedia.org ↗
operatorwikipedia2026-07-05countrywikipedia2026-07-05sensor typeswikipedia2026-07-05sats launched (total)wikipedia2026-07-06sats active (claimed)wikipedia2026-07-08latest launchwikipedia2026-07-05statuswikipedia2026-07-05
[4] celestrak.org ↗
sats active (verified)computed2026-11-06
faq
Who operates Sentinel-5P?
Sentinel-5P is operated by European Space Agency (ESA). as of 2026-07-05
How many Sentinel-5P satellites are active on orbit?
CelesTrak's catalog currently tracks 1 object for Sentinel-5P. as of 2026-11-06
When did Sentinel-5P first launch?
Sentinel-5P first launched on 2017-10-13. as of 2026-07-05