The Sentinel-5P GO/NOGO roll call in the Main Control Room at ESOC, ESA's European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany. The roll call was conducted by Flight Director Pier Paolo Emanuelli approximately 47 minutes before lift off at 09:27:44 UTC (11:27:44 CEST), 13 October 2017.
The 820-kg satellite will be launched on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
Six families of Sentinel satellites will make up the core of EU’s Copernicus environmental monitoring network. An EU flagship space initiative, Copernicus will provide operational information on the world’s land surfaces, oceans and atmosphere to support environmental and security policymaking, and meet the needs of citizens and service providers.
More information: www.esa.int/sentinel5p
Audio credit: ESA - CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
Image credit: ESA/R.Palmari
