Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Orbital Launch Attempt Count: 7100

Location Launch Attempt Count: 829

Pad Launch Attempt Count: 208

Agency Launch Attempt Count: 545

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Net Precision: Quarter 4

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Pad Turnaround: P61D

Programma

Copernicus
Copernicus

Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States. It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.

Pad

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SARah 2 & 3 from SLC-4E
Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

Rocket

[AUTO] Falcon 9 - image
Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Full Name: Falcon 9 Block 5

Maiden Flight: 2018-05-11

Total Launch Count: 403

Successful Launches: 402

Failed Launches: 1

Mission

Mission Name: Sentinel-6B

Type: Earth Science

Description: The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992.

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit