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Sentinel-6B
Earth observation satellite. Sentinel-6B was launched on November 17, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2025-264ANORAD 66514European Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Sentinel-6B
- International designator
- 2025-264A
- NORAD catalog number
- 66514
- GCAT identifier
- S66514
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 17, 2025 · 05:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-264Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,308 km
- Apogee
- 1,327 km
- Inclination
- 66.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 17, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 1,140 kg
- Dry mass
- 940 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 Q102424501 (CC0).