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UK-Dutch-built Sentinel launches to track air quality
Description: A UK-assembled satellite has launched from Russia on a mission to monitor air quality around the globe. Its Dutch-designed instrument will make 20 million observations daily, building maps of polluting gases and particles known to be harmful to health. Called Sentinel-5P, the spacecraft is a contribution to the EU's Copernicus Earth-monitoring program. [Source: BBC News]
URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41604186
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Source: BBC News
Publish Date: 10/13/2017
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