SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday morning, with a target liftoff time of 9:17 AM PST.
This is the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Mission, which carries satellite of the same name made by the European Space Agency, NASA, and both U.S. and European meteorological monitoring bodies.
The Sentinel-6 is named for the former space scientist of NASA Earth Science Division Director Michael Freilich who has taken this position in between 2016 and 2019 and he passed away in August.
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It’s one of two Sentinel-6-series satellites that will be launched for the program, with the Sentinel-6B set to join the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich sometime in 2025.
