Sentinel-6B, a joint US-European ocean monitoring satellite, launched Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff from ...

The Sentinel-6B is the second of two satellites in a $1 billion program to monitor sea levels over a full decade.

Data from Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long record of sea surface height, helping to improve coastal planning, protect ...

SpaceX launched an advanced ocean-mapping satellite to orbit from California early Monday morning (Nov. 17). The Sentinel-6B ...

Copernicus Sentinel-6B Takes Orbit To Strengthen Global Sea-Level Monitoring ...

The Sentinel-6B satellite is equipped with an improved dual-frequency radar altimeter and microwave radiometer for measuring sea levels.

A Falcon 9 launched a joint U.S.-European satellite to monitor sea levels Nov. 17, extending a record of measurements that ...

Southern California's coastline is already feeling the impacts of rising seas and stronger storms. CBS LA climatologist ...

About the size of a full-size pickup truck, a newly launched satellite by NASA and its partners will provide ocean and ...

SpaceX's latest mission to launch NASA's Sentinel-6B a success. The satellite, which is as big as a pickup truck, will help ...

NASA has a long record of monitoring Earth's sea surface height, information critical not only for tracking how the ocean changes over time but also for hurricane forecasting. These extreme storms can ...

Set to track sea levels across more than 90% of Earth’s ocean, the mission must first get into orbit. Here’s what to expect.