{"id":73968,"date":"2025-11-18T13:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73968"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:07:27","slug":"sentinel-6b-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sentinel-6b-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentinel-6B Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sentinel-6B Satellite Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Sentinel-6B was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sentinel-6B Satellite<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a joint mission between the <\/span><b>United States\u2019 NASA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and NOAA, and the <\/span><b>European Space Agency.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an <\/span><b>ocean-tracking satellite<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which will measure the <\/span><b>rising sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> levels and its impacts on the planet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentinel-6B is set to carry forward the legacy of <\/span><b>Sentinel -6 Michael Freilich<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, launched in November 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will orbit Earth at a <strong>speed of 7.2 km per second<\/strong>, completing one <strong>revolution every 112 minutes.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentinel-6B will provide <\/span><b>primary sea level measurements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> down to approximately an inch from over 90% of all the oceans.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Components of Sentinel-6B Satellite<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of <\/span><b>six onboard science instruments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The satellite has <\/span><b>two fixed solar arrays<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, plus two deployable solar panels, and will travel in a longitude direction around Earth in a <\/span><b>non-Sun-synchronous orbit.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is expected to spend the <\/span><b>next 5.5 years in orbit.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Significance of Sentinel-6B Satellite<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>observes Earth&#8217;s ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, measuring sea levels to improve weather forecasts and flood predictions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It safeguards public safety, benefits commercial industry, and <\/span><b>protects coastal infrastructure.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/sentinel-6b-new-satellite-to-observe-ocean-10371564\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sentinel-6B Satellite is a joint mission between the United States\u2019 NASA and NOAA, and the European Space Agency. 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