NASA Units Launch Coverage for International Ocean Tracking Mission

The Sentinel-6B mission continues a decades-long effort to watch international sea stage and ocean situations utilizing exact radar measurements from house. Since the early Nineteen Nineties, satellites launched by NASA and home and worldwide companions have collected exact sea stage knowledge. The launch of Sentinel-6B will prolong this dataset out to just about 4 a long time.

NASA’s mission protection is as follows (all occasions Eastern and topic to vary based mostly on real-time operations):

Saturday, Nov. 15

4 p.m. – NASA Prelaunch Teleconference on International Ocean Tracking Mission

• Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Pierrik Veuilleumier, Sentinel-6B undertaking supervisor, ESA
• Parag Vaze, Sentinel-6B undertaking supervisor, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California
• Tim Dunn, senior launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
• Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
• 1st Lt. William Harbin, launch climate officer, U.S. Air Force

Audio of the teleconference will stream on the NASA Video YouTube channel.

Sunday Nov. 16

11:30 p.m. – Launch protection begins on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and extra.

Audio-only protection

Audio-only of the launch protection will likely be carried on the NASA “V” circuits, which can be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220 or -1240. On launch day, “mission audio” countdown actions with out NASA+ launch commentary will likely be carried at 321-867-7135.

NASA web site launch protection

Launch day protection of the mission will likely be obtainable on the agency’s website. Coverage will embrace hyperlinks to stay streaming and weblog updates starting no sooner than 11 p.m. EST, Nov. 16, because the countdown milestones happen. Streaming video and images of the launch will likely be accessible on demand shortly after liftoff. Follow countdown protection on NASA’s Sentinel-6/Jason-CS blog.

Attend launch nearly

Members of the general public can register to attend this launch nearly. NASA’s virtual guest program for this mission contains curated launch sources, notifications about associated alternatives or adjustments, and a stamp for the NASA digital visitor passport following launch.

Watch, have interaction on social media

Let folks know you’re watching the mission on X, Facebook, and Instagram by following and tagging these accounts:

X: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASAJPL, @NASAEarth

Facebook: NASA, NASA Kennedy, NASA JPL, NASA Earth

Instagram: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASAJPL, @NASAEarth

Sentinel-6B is the second of dual satellites within the Copernicus Sentinel-6/Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) mission, a collaboration amongst NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The first satellite tv for pc within the mission, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, launched in November 2020. The European Commission contributed funding help, whereas France’s house company CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales) offered technical experience. The mission additionally marks the primary worldwide involvement in Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme.

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