NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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Earth observation satellite Sentinel-6 mission spacecraft climate monitoring satellite oceanography satellite

NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is an oceanography satellite mission dedicated to precisely measuring global sea level and monitoring changes in Earth’s oceans and climate.

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Sentinel-6 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth observation satellite ⓘ
Sentinel-6 mission spacecraft ⓘ
climate monitoring satellite ⓘ
oceanography satellite ⓘ
carriesInstrument AMR-C Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate NERFINISHED ⓘ
DORIS receiver ⓘ
GNSS Precise Orbit Determination receiver ⓘ
GNSS-RO (GNSS Radio Occultation) instrument ⓘ
Laser Retroreflector Array NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poseidon-4 radar altimeter NERFINISHED ⓘ
dataPolicy free and open access ⓘ
hasMissionType altimetry ⓘ
climate change monitoring ⓘ
sea level monitoring ⓘ
hasTwinSatellite Sentinel-6B NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchDate 2020-11-21 ⓘ
launchSite Space Launch Complex 4E NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchVehicle SpaceX Falcon 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionDurationDesign 5.5 years ⓘ
missionObjective improve climate models ⓘ
measure global mean sea level with high precision ⓘ
monitor sea level rise due to climate change ⓘ
observe ocean circulation ⓘ
support numerical weather prediction ⓘ
monitors global sea surface height ⓘ
significant wave height ⓘ
surface wind speed ⓘ
namedAfter Michael Freilich NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy CNES NERFINISHED ⓘ
EUMETSAT NERFINISHED ⓘ
European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
NOAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitAltitude approximately 1336 km ⓘ
orbitInclination approximately 66 degrees ⓘ
orbitType near-polar orbit ⓘ
non-sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
partOf Copernicus Programme NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jason-series sea level missions NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryInstrument Poseidon-4 radar altimeter NERFINISHED ⓘ
program Sentinel-6/Jason-CS NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesDataFor climate research ⓘ
operational oceanography ⓘ
weather forecasting ⓘ
repeatCycle 10 days ⓘ
spacecraftBus Airbus AstroBus-L NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorOf Jason-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jason oceanography satellites → hasMember → NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Sentinel programme → hasPart → NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sentinel-6
Sentinel programme → hasPart → NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Sentinel satellites → hasSeries → NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sentinel-6
NASA Earth System Observatory missions → includesMission → NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ⓘ