Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Podsumowanie
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich — 21 listopada 2020, 18:17 CET. Stan: start udany. Rakieta: Falcon 9 Block 5. Stanowisko: Space Launch Complex 4E (Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA). Precyzja daty: sekunda.
Parametry
- Stan: start udany
- Data startu (NET — nie wcześniej niż): 21 listopada 2020, 18:17 CET
- Rakieta: Falcon 9 Block 5
- Stanowisko: Space Launch Complex 4E
- Lokalizacja: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Załogowa: nie
- Misja: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (Sentinel-6A; Jason-CS)
Programy
- Copernicus
Transmisje
Opis misji
oryginał LL2
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992.
Named after former NASA Earth Science Division Director Michael Freilich, Sentinel-6 Michail Freilich will provide altimeter data necessary for ocean climate monitoring, ocean modelling and numerical ocean prediction, weather forecasting, marine meteorology, coastal altimetry and modelling. A secondary objective of the mission is to collect high-resolution vertical profiles of temperature, using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radio-Occultation sounding technique, to assess temperature changes in the troposphere and stratosphere and to support numerical weather prediction.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is to operate in a highly-inclined circular orbit at an altitude of 1336 km, with an operational mission lasting 5 years. Near-identical Sentinel-6B is planned to follow-up shortly after.