Mission record

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B

Falcon 9· Space Launch Complex 4E· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:21:42 GMT
Orbital launch #
#7120 ever
Go probability
90%

Mission

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) 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.

Deployed payloads · 1
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