Plymouth is one of England’s historic port cities, a place from which sailors, soldiers and scientists have set off to sea for centuries. Today there’s a new twist to the tale though, as oceanographers now have a huge fleet of satellites in space to add to their list of high quality data sources in order to study and understand our seas.<br /><br />The field of satellite ocean observation is due to get a boost later this year as ESA’s Sentinel-3 will join the fleet of Earth observers already in orbit. It’s part of Europe’s Copernicus programme, and heralds a new era in ocean observation by offering an uninterrupted flow of data from its speedy polar orbit, now and well into the future.<br /><br />This video is also available in the following languages:<br />Spanish: https://youtu.be/zeIcm9wKUzg<br />French: https://youtu.be/dw5pYO04xJA<br />German: https://youtu.be/K1BCdQMT24Q<br />Portuguese: https://youtu.be/xmUbJ0ckaZI<br />Italian: https://youtu.be/TGY5LY63xKA<br />Hungarian: https://youtu.be/BbQzTVDhWBI<br />Greek: https://youtu.be/n_hCQeTqieA
