Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B

Status

Sentinel-6B

Launch Time
NET November, 2026

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $69.75 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Mission Details

Sentinel-6B

Sentinel-6B aims to continue high-precision ocean altimetry measurements in the 2020–2030 time-frame using two successive, identical satellites, Jason-CS-A and Jason-CS-B.

A secondary objective of Sentinel-6 is to collect high-resolution vertical profiles of temperature, using the GNSS Radio-Occultation sounding technique, to assess temperature changes in the troposphere and stratosphere and to support Numerical Weather Prediction.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 1,440.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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