Objectives and Applications
Sentinel-6 provides precision sea level, sea surface height, significant wave height, inland water heights and other products tailored to operational services in the ocean, climate, atmospheric and land Copernicus Services. It also provides enhanced continuity to the very stable time series of mean sea level measurements and ocean sea state after Jason-3.
Full Name
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
aka Jason-CS A, Sentinel-6 A
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
21 Nov 2020
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2027
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
112.4 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
66.05 deg
Orbit Altitude
1343 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
10 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AMR-C - Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate |
| DGXX-S - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-New Generation XX-S |
| GNSS POD Receiver - Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Precise Orbit Determination (POD) Receiver |
| GNSS-RO Receiver - Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)- Radio Occultation (RO) Receiver |
| LRA (Sentinel-6) - Laser Retroreflector Array (Sentinel-6) |
| Poseidon-4 Altimeter - Poseidon-4 SAR Radar Altimeter |
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