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Sentinel 5P: Satellite to tackle pollution


Sentinel 5P: Satellite to tackle pollution A small satellite spacecraft, made in the UK is set to go into space next April. It will monitor pollution in the atmosphere to help work out which countries are causing the biggest problems to planet earth. It's taken 6 months to build and a year to test. Now Sentinel 5P as the satellite is called, is off for it's final four months of testing in France They'll make sure the satellite can survive it's take off and up to 5 years in space. The satellite will operate 824 kilometres up in orbit and take readings from the around the world every hour and a half. It'll give a global picture of where pollution is the worst with special instruments which measure levels of certain chemicals and pollutants.    More



(Source: BBC News - Jul 27)

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