Space/ AstroPhysicsOctober 13, 2017 Sentinel-5P liftoff Credit: ESA The atmosphere-monitoring satellite for Europe’s Copernicus programme, Sentinel-5P, lifted off on a Rockot from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 09:27 GMT (11:27 CEST) on 13 October 2017. Related posts Celeste’s first satellites launched to…ESA Council backs astronaut mission,…NASA-backed study explores recycling waste…Localized Martian dust storm linked…Europe’s new weather satellite beams…Legs made for a Mars…