CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Sentinel-6 A Michael Freilich
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Full Name
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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
aka Jason-CS A, Sentinel-6 A
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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EUMETSAT , COM , ESA, NASA, NOAA
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Launch Date
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21 Nov 2020
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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Jun 2026
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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46984 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2020-086A
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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112.4 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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66.05 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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1343 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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10 days
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Objectives and Applications
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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.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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