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ESA selects Astrium to build Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite
 
Furthering Europe's capacity to monitor atmospheric pollution, ESA has awarded a contract worth Euro 45.5 million to Astrium UK to act as prime contractor for the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite system.
 Scheduled to be launched in 2015, Sentinel-5 Precursor (Sentinel-5P) will be the first satellite dedicated to monitoring atmospheric chemistry for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme.
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UK to build atmospheric sentinel

British industry has been contracted to build a major European satellite to monitor atmospheric composition.
Known as Sentinel 5 Precursor (S5P), the spacecraft will track a range of chemical species, from protective gases such stratospheric ozone to damaging pollutants like sulphur dioxide.
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