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Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Completes Environmental Tests

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Tom Patton
Apr 18, 2022
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An environmental test campaign for a second ocean-monitoring satellite has been completed by Airbus. The Sentinel-6B is the second spacecraft slated to join the "Copernicus Sentinel-6" mission, which launched in 2020 and is currently delivering high-precision measurements of the topography of ocean surfaces. The Sentinel 6B will now be returned to its h…

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