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Air-quality mission ready to join its host weather satellite

Applications 06/06/2024 35 views 0 likes Following months of meticulous testing to ensure that it will deliver first-class data on air quality around the world, the new Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument has been delivered to Airbus in France ready to be installed on the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite. While not a satellite in the traditional sense,...

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