Sentinel-6 Encapsulation
The U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite is being encapsulated in the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing on Nov. 3, 2020, inside SpaceX’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California. Sentinel-6 is scheduled to launch on Nov. 21, 2020, at 12:17 p.m. EST (9:17 a.m. PST), from Space Launch Complex 4E at VAFB. The Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for launch management.
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KSC-20201103-PH-RNB02_0001
Date Created
November 3, 2020
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KSC
Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/Randy Beaudoin
Location
SpaceX PPF, SLC-4 VAFB
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