Technicians install protective solar array covers for the Sentinel-6B spacecraft inside the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. Sentinel-6B will undergo detailed inspections, tests, and fueling in a cleanroom as it prepares for a November launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. A collaboration between NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Sentinel-6B is designed to measure sea levels down to roughly an inch for about 90% of the world’s oceans.
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NASA ID
KSC-20250926-MH-USF01-0001-Sentinel_6B_Solar_Array_Cover_Install_SC_Rotation-M17135
Date Created
September 26, 2025
Center
KSC
Media Type
video
Photographer
USSF 30th Space Wing/Dan Quinajon
Location
Astrotech Space Operations, VSFB
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