Satellite Sentinel-3C sends first sharp Earth images and climate data

Two weeks after its launch, the European Copernicus satellite Sentinel-3C has transmitted its first images and measurements to Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) published true-colour images of Italy, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Caribbean region, plus altitude measurements of the Greenland ice sheet. The satellite is equipped with instruments for optical imaging (OLCI), radar altimetry (SRAL) and surface...