NASA Sentinel-6 mission will launch in November – SlashGear

NASA has a new satellite that it intends to launch this November called Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. The primary focus for the satellite will be to monitor sea-level rise with extreme precision. Another instrument aboard the spacecraft will provide atmospheric data that will help improve weather forecasts, track hurricanes, and improve climate models.
NASA says that the fundamental goal with Sentinel-6 is to measure oceans, but it wants to add more value to the mission. The space agency says th…

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