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In response to scientific user recommendations, precise orbital products and platform data files computed by the Copernicus POD Service, have been officially released for the Sentinel-3 mission, on the Copernicus Data Hub service.

We are pleased to announce a new forthcoming processing baseline for Copernicus Sentinel-3 "LAND" STM products.

To provide a better monitoring of the Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines, specific Copernicus Sentinel-1 observations are being planned to ensure a 6-day repeat in both ascending and descending passes (relative orbits 142 and 32), using both Copernicus Sentinel-1A and Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellites.

Copernicus Sentinel-1A was unavailable on 6 January from 14:17 UTC to 17:42 UTC, due to a Payload Data Handling and Transmission (PDHT) sub-system anomaly.

While carbon dioxide is more abundant in the atmosphere and therefore more commonly associated with global warming, methane is around 30 times more potent as a heat-trapping gas. Given its importance, Canadian company GHGSat have worked in collaboration with the Sentinel-5P team at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research to investigate hotspots of methane emissions during COVID-19.

Some Copernicus Sentinel-2A planned acquisitions have been lost due to a collision avoidance manoeuvre executed on 31 December and 01 January.

An unscheduled service downtime occurred on 30 December 2019 from 09:00 to 13:45 UTC on the Copernicus Data Hubs.

Due to an issue at the Pick-up Point infrastructure level on 30 December, OLC, SLSTR and SRAL Near Real Time Copernicus Sentinel-3 data starting from approximately 08:30 (UTC) sensing time could be delayed.

While two explorers were having problems cruising the ice across the North Pole on skies, due to bad weather and complications with equipment, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites lent a hand to guide rescuers through the maze of ice and water to save the day.

Safety at Sea

12 December 2019

Featuring how the Sentinel missions of the European Union's Copernicus programme, particularly Sentinel-1, have become a game-changer to the Danish Meteorological Institute's Ice Service and to the project – Automated Sea Ice Products – creating a robust, automated sea ice information service, solving the main needs of Arctic marine users.

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Calling on all interested users of Sentinel data, who would like to submit their results, turning their experiences into 'success stories'.

If you have a good story to tell, of how any of the Sentinel satellites are producing data that bring benefit to your work and/or to society, please contact the Sentinel Online Editor Malì Cecere at: mali.cecere@ejr-quartz.com with your proposals.