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** [[Sentinel-3B]] satellite followed on 25 April 2018.
* [[Sentinel-4]] will provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring as a payload upon a [[Meteosat|Meteosat Third Generation]] satellite.<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> It will be launched in 2024.<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>
* [[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 will be embarked on a [[EUMETSAT]] [[MetOp|Polar System]] Second Generation ([[MetOp-SG|EPS-SG]]) spacecraft and launched in 2025.<ref name="Copernicus" />
* [[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>
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