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Jason-CS/Sentinel-6

Source: NASA/JPL
Published: August 13, 2018

Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work

Two Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 satellites will extend high-precision sea surface height measurements beyond 2020. This video highlights Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 instruments and a new experiment designed to measure atmospheric layers.

Note: The first satellite in the series was renamed Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in January 2020.

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