flown by SpaceX USA

Sentinel-6B

Success
NOV 17202505:21:42 UTC

The second of two Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS) satellites, launching five years after its twin Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. Like its predecessor, Sentinel-6B monitors ocean surface topography, measuring sea levels across roughly 90% of the world's oceans.

launched from SLC-4E Vandenberg

aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-564 into LEO

Booster

B1097.3

Landed on ground pad · LZ-4

Payload

Sentinel-6B

Earth observation