New sea-level monitoring satellite goes live

Copernicus Sentinel-6 radar altimeter

Following liftoff last November and more than six months spent carefully calibrating the most advanced mission dedicated to measuring sea-level rise, Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is now operational – meaning that its data are available to climate researchers, ocean-weather forecasts and other data users.




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Source: ESA Space News