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** [[Sentinel-3A]] satellite was launched on 16 February 2016.

** [[Sentinel-3B]] satellite followed on 25 April 2018.

* [[Sentinel-4]], Europe’s first hyperspectral sounding mission in [[Geostationary Earth Orbit|GEO]], will provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring as a payload upon [[Meteosat|Meteosat Third Generation]] satellites.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Copernicus: Sentinel-4 |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/copernicus-sentinel-4 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.eoportal.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sentinel-4 A Satellite Mission Summary {{!}} CEOS Database |url=https://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=639 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=database.eohandbook.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eumetsat.int/our-satellites/meteosat-series?sjid=future |title=Meteosat Series – Future Satellites |work=[[EUMETSAT]] |date=21 November 2022 |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Copernicus">{{cite web|title=Copernicus|url=http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/1518-copernicus.php|date=April 2014|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> The first of the two planned instruments (Sentinel-4A) was launched in July 2025 aboard MTG-S1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EUMETSAT, ESA launches combo MTG-S1, Sentinel-4 satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center – Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/07/01/live-coverage-eumetsat-esa-to-launch-combo-mtg-s1-sentinel-4-satellite-on-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-from-nasas-kennedy-space-center/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[Sentinel-5 Precursor]], launched 13 October 2017 by a Eurockot Rokot vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Copernicus: Sentinel-5P |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/copernicus-sentinel-5p |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.eoportal.org |language=en}}</ref> The primary purpose of this mission is to reduce the data gap (especially [[SCIAMACHY]] atmospheric observations) between the loss of [[Envisat]] in 2012, and the launch of Sentinel-5 in 2021.<ref name="ESAsentinels">{{cite web|title=ESA Sentinels-4, -5 and -5P|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinels_-4_-5_and_-5P|access-date=23 February 2015}}</ref>

* [[Sentinel-5]] will also provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Copernicus: Sentinel-5 |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/copernicus-sentinel-5 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.eoportal.org |language=en}}</ref> It willlaunched bein embarked2025 onaboard athe [[EUMETSAT]] [[MetOp|Polar System]] Second Generation ([[MetOp-SG|EPS-SG]]) spacecraft and launched in 2025MetOp-SG-A1.<ref name="Copernicus" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched |url=https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/MetOp_Second_Generation/First_MetOp-SG_and_Sentinel-5_launched |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Sentinel-6]] is intended to provide continuity in high precision [[Radar altimeter|altimetry]] sea level measurements following the [[Jason-3]] satellite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Copernicus: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/copernicus-sentinel-6-michael-freilich |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.eoportal.org |language=en}}</ref>

** [[Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich|Sentinel-6A]], was launched in November 2020 by a [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9]] vehicle from [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4|Vandenberg SLC-4E]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Clark |first=Stephen|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/29/photos-falcon-9-launches-and-lands-at-vandenberg-air-force-base/|title=Photos: Falcon 9 launches and lands at Vandenberg Air Force Base |publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=29 November 2020}}</ref>