Some information:

• Launch: 13 October 2017
• Launcher: Rockot from Plesetsk, Russia
• Orbit: Polar, Sun-synchronous at altitude of 824 km and in flight formation with Suomi-NPP of US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Revisit time: Daily global coverage (13:30 local solar time)
• Life: Minimum of seven years (carries consumables for 10 years)
• Satellite: 3.35 m high, 5.63 m diameter and a mass of 820 kg (including 82 kg fuel)
• Instrument: Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (Tropomi)
  Swath width of 2600 km covering bands in ultraviolet and visible (270–495 nm), near infrared (675–775 nm) and shortwave infrared (2305–2385 nm) at a spatial resolution as high as 7 km x 3.5 km
• Receiving stations: Scientific data: transmitted to Svalbard (NO) and Inuvik (CA)
  Telemetry data: transmitted to Kiruna (SE), Svalbard and Inuvik
  Telecommand: from Kiruna
• Data processing and dissemination: DLR German Aerospace Center
• Main applications: To provide global information on a multitude of atmospheric trace gases, aerosols and cloud distributions affecting air quality and climate

Mission: Developed jointly by ESA and Netherlands Space Office, managed by ESA