[ad_1]
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, which is supposed to observe and map Earth’s oceans, has been successfully launched into space.
It took off Saturday morning aboard a launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The US space agency NASA broadcast the launch live on its website.
The satellite is intended to accurately measure changes in sea level as a serious consequence of climate change.
The mission is a cooperation between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Meteorological Satellite Agency of Europe, Eumetsat, and the US Meteorological and Oceanographic Authority NOAA.
As part of the Copernicus Earth observation program, the satellite is to be monitored from a center in Eumetsat in the German city of Darmstadt.
The launch was originally planned earlier, but has been postponed due to an inspection of the launch vehicle’s engines.
Sentinel-6 is the first of two identical satellites to be launched into space. It is named after the recently deceased Michael H Freilich, former director of NASA’s division of Earth Sciences.
Australian Associated Press
[ad_2]
Source link
