Ensuring the launch of the Sentinel-5P observation satellite (European Space Agency) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome

The satellite is intended to achieve objectives under the European Commission’s Copernicus Programme and will be used to obtain data on the composition of the earth’s atmosphere and study the climate and the quality of the atmospheric air. After reaching its designated orbit, it will be added to the national register of the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Prepared by the Roscosmos state corporation in keeping with the Russian Federation Law On Space Activity.

The directive approves an array of measures to ensure the launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome of the Sentinel-5P research satellite (European Space Agency) (hereinafter referred to as Sentinel-5P). It provides in particular for the provision of services involving Russian Defence Ministry assets and granting foreign specialists access to facilities related to the launch.

Sentinel-5P was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space. It is intended to achieve objectives under the European Commission’s Copernicus Programme and will be used to obtain data on the composition of the earth’s atmosphere and study the climate and the quality of the atmospheric air. When it reaches its designated orbit, the satellite will be included in the ESA’s national register.

All launch operations will be financed from private sources.