BackForward Satellite: Sentinel-6B 

Satellite details
Acronym Sentinel-6B
Full name Sentinel-6B
Satellite Description
  • 2nd flight unit of the Sentinel-6 series, formerly named JASON-CS-B
  • Main mission: ocean topography and waves.
  • Substantial contribution to Solid Earth (geoid).
  • Significant contribution to space weather.
Mass at launch 1440 kg Dry mass 1191 kg
Power 891 W
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • TBD
Orbit Drifting orbit Altitude 1336 km
Inclination 66 °

 

Space agency EUMETSAT , CNES, EC, ESA, NASA, NOAA
Status Planned
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch ≥2025 EOL ≥2032
Last update: 2021-05-20
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Sentinel-6B

Acronym Full name
DORIS Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite
GPS GPS Receiver
LRA Laser Retroreflector Array
GNSS-RO Global Navigation Satellite System - Radio Occultation
AMR-C Advanced Microwave Radiometer - C
Poseidon-4 Poseidon-4
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Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service Dir or Mode Frequency Emission designator Bandwidth Polarisation D/A Data rate or Baseband Comments
EESS S-E 13575 MHz 320MQ3N 320000  kHz RHCP D 320000  kbps FM Pulse Radar
EESS S-E 5410 MHz 100MQ3N 100000  kHz RHCP D 100000  kbps FM Pulse Radar. Radar Altimeter
EESS S-E 5410 MHz 320MQ3N 320000  kHz RHCP D 320000  kbps FM Pulse Radar. Radar Altimeter
XDD S-E 8090 MHz 120MG1D 120000  kHz RHCP D 150000  kbps Data Downlink
DORIS E-S 401.25 MHz 23K0G1D 23  kHz RHCP D 0.2  kbps Precise positioning by DORIS
DORIS E-S 2036.25 MHz 95K0G1D 95  kHz RHCP D 0.2  kbps Precise positioning by DORIS
TM S-E 2268.5 MHz 1M75G1D 1750  kHz RHCP&LHCP D 1000  kbps Telemetry
Command E-S 2088.9104 MHz 1M00G1D 192  kHz RHCP D 16  kbps Commands
Poseidon-4 active 5410 - 5410 MHz N/R  kHz - A   C-band radar altimeter
Poseidon-4 active 13575 - 13575 MHz N/R  kHz - A   Ku-band radar altimeter
AMR-C passive 18700 MHz 200000  kHz - A   Window channel
AMR-C passive 23800 MHz 400000  kHz - A   Water vapour channel
AMR-C passive 34000 MHz 400000  kHz - A   Window channel