Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Joins Satellite Fleet Measuring Sea Rise

SpaceX launches flagship Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Credit: SpaceX
A week after sending its first space taxi to the International Space Station for NASA, SpaceX launched the flagship Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite into an 800-mi.-high, high-inclination orbit to join a fleet of spacecraft collecting key data for tracking climate change via sea-level rise. The...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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