NASA, SpaceX Launches ‘Sentinel-6B’ Satellite to Monitor Earth’s Oceans

In November 2025, ‘ Copernicus Sentinel-6B’, an earth observation satellite, jointly developed by American space agency i.e. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European partners, was successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the United States of America (USA).

It is the second satellite in the Copernicus Sentinel‑6/Jason‑ Continuity of Service (CS) mission launched by a Falcon 9 rocket, following the launch of Sentinel‑6 Michael Freilich in November 2020.

About Sentinel-B Satellite:

Joint Mission: These sentinel satellites were developed as part of collaboration between NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) of the European Union (EU), European Organisation for the Ex