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Sentinel-6 GNSS Radio Occultation instrument
Sentinel-6 GNSS radio occultation payload for atmospheric vertical profiles.
The Sentinel-6 GNSS Radio Occultation instrument is a passive L-band GNSS receiver for high-vertical-resolution temperature and humidity sounding, with additional space-weather use.[1] It measures phase delay from refracted GNSS signals during occultations between navigation satellites and the Sentinel-6 spacecraft.[1] It uses L-band frequencies at 1.2276 and 1.57542 GHz.[1] The payload uses fore- and aft-looking antennas and collects radio-occultation data from GPS and GLONASS signals as satellites rise or set over the horizon.[2] The instrument performs GNSS radio occultation, demonstrated on Sentinel-6A.[1]
Pricing not publicly listed by operator
Supply chain position
- GNSS radio occultationvia Sentinel-6B
Sentinel-6B GNSS-RO instrument provides atmospheric vertical profiles.
None on record.
- [1]WMO OSCAR instrument record: GNSS-RO (Sentinel-6)agency doc-2026-06-16
- [2]Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich GNSS-RO Near-Real-Time Science Data Product Releaseagency doc2021-08-032026-06-16
- [3]Sentinel-6 instrument payload, Copernicus Sentinel Onlineagency doc-2026-06-16
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Sentinel-6 GNSS Radio Occultation instrument. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/sentinel-6-gnss-ro (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:sentinel-6-gnss-ro,
title = {Sentinel-6 GNSS Radio Occultation instrument},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/sentinel-6-gnss-ro}
}