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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Earth observation satellite. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich was launched on November 21, 2020 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2020-086ANORAD 46984European Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
- Payload designation
- Sentinel-6
- Other names
- Jason-CS
- International designator
- 2020-086A
- NORAD catalog number
- 46984
- GCAT identifier
- S46984
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Sentinel
- Owner
- Copernicus
- Country
- European Union
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space Satellites (D), Friedrichsafen
- Platform (bus)
- Flexbus
Launch
- Date
- November 21, 2020 · 17:17 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-086Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,308 km
- Apogee
- 1,327 km
- Inclination
- 66.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,192 kg
- Dry mass
- 962 kg
- Length
- 5.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 5.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q102424477 (CC0).