After six months of check-out and calibration in orbit, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite made its first two data streams available to the public on June 22.
It launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Nov. 21, 2020, and is a U.S.-European collaboration to measure sea surface height and other key ocean features, such as ocean surface wind speed and wave height.
Read the full article online at: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/220/major-ocean-observing-satellite-starts-providing-science-data/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly_newsletter.
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