(Q102424477)

17 May 2019

title

Sentinel-6 (Jason-CS) (English)

file format

Portable Document Format

1,226 kilogram

criterion used

dry weight

1 reference

https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/EarthObservation/Sentinel6_facts_2015.pdf

sponsor

European Space Agency

1 reference

https://web.archive.org/web/20200507081552/https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/jasoncs/

archive URL

archive date

7 May 2020

EUMETSAT

1 reference

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

1 reference

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1 reference

CNES

1 reference

European Commission

1 reference

https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/FutureSatellites/CopernicusSatellites/Sentinel6/index.html

named after

Michael Freilich

1 reference

http://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-6_satellite_renamed_in_honour_of_renowned_US_scientist

21 November 2020

Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4 East

1 reference

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/sentinel-6-michael-freilich-launch/

acquisition of signal

21 November 2020

1 reference

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-6/New_Copernicus_satellite_to_monitor_sea-level_rise_launched

start point

Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4 East

1 reference

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-sentinel-6a-mission

5 June 2019

B1063.1

1 reference

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-sentinel-6a-mission

operator

EUMETSAT

1 reference

https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/FutureSatellites/CopernicusSatellites/Sentinel6/index.html

archive URL

https://web.archive.org/web/20201028121155/https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/FutureSatellites/CopernicusSatellites/Sentinel6/index.html

archive date

28 October 2020

carries scientific instrument

radar altimeter

Poseidon-4 synthetic aperture radar altimeter (English)

1 reference

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/sentinel-6/mission/spacecraft/

microwave radiometer

Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate (English)

1 reference

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/sentinel-6/mission/spacecraft/

Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite

has part(s)

radio receiver

1 reference

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/sentinel-6/mission/spacecraft/

retroreflector

Laser Retroreflector Array (English)

1 reference

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/sentinel-6/mission/spacecraft/

radio occultation

Global Navigation Satellite System – Radio Occultation (English)

1 reference

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/sentinel-6/mission/spacecraft/

orbit determination

Global Navigation Satellite System – Precise Orbit Determination (English)

1 reference

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/sentinel-6/mission/spacecraft/

UTC date of spacecraft launch

21 November 2020

refine date

17:17

2 references

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-6

21 November 2020

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/sentinel-6-michael-freilich-launch/

https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/EarthObservation/Sentinel6_facts_2015.pdf

21 November 2020

parent astronomical body

0 references

1 reference

17 May 2019

title

Sentinel-6 (Jason-CS) (English)

file format

Portable Document Format

orbital inclination

66 degree

2 references

https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/EarthObservation/Sentinel6_facts_2015.pdf

17 May 2019

title

Sentinel-6 (Jason-CS) (English)

file format

Portable Document Format

https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/479

manufacturer

Airbus Defence and Space

has characteristic

general contractor

1 reference

https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-6/mission-summary

1 reference

https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-6/mission-summary

1 reference

https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-6/mission-summary

photovoltaic system

nominal power output

891 watt

1 reference

https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/EarthObservation/Sentinel6_facts_2015.pdf

length

5.30 metre

1 reference

https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/EarthObservation/Sentinel6_facts_2015.pdf

width

4.17 metre

1 reference

https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/EarthObservation/Sentinel6_facts_2015.pdf

height

2.34 metre

1 reference