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    SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Rolls to Pad with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

    SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich rolls out to the launch pad.

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite inside the payload fairing, rolls to Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Nov. 20, 2020. Stay tuned for launch coverage of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite today here on the NASA blog, on NASA TV, and the agency's website. Live …

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    Tune in Tomorrow for Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch Coverage

    Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich sticker

    Tune in tomorrow, Nov. 21, for launch coverage of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite here on the NASA blog, on NASA TV, and the agency's website. Live coverage begins at 8:45 a.m. PST (11:45 a.m. EST). Rollout of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was completed this afternoon.

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    Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ‘Go’ to Proceed Toward Nov. 21 Launch

    The Sentinel-6 satellite in the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing.

    The Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite has concluded, and teams are proceeding toward a planned liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST) on Saturday, Nov. 21, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This mission is an international collaboration between NASA and several partners. It is the first of …

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    Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch Update

    Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich team members from European Space Agency pose with the spacecraft during processing. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 11, 2020 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center is responsible for launch management.

    Editor's Note: Updated on Nov. 4, 2020, to show a launch time of 12:17 p.m. EST (9:17 a.m. PST). NASA and SpaceX now are targeting Saturday, Nov. 21, at 12:17 p.m. EST (9:17 a.m. PST) for the launch of the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex …

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