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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B
Falcon 9 Block 5
Nov 17, 5:21 AM UTC
Nov 17, 5:21 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Booster History
B1097
Flight #3
Flight #3 · Last flown 2025-10-03
- Total Flights
- 8
- Recovery Rate
- 8/8 successful landings
- This Landing
- Landing successful· Return to Launch Site (RTLS)
- Recovery Site
- Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4)
- Last Flight
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-39 · 44-day turnaround
Landing Record
8 successful · 0 failed · 8 total
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Programs
- Copernicus
Launch Site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA