ESA (European Space Agency) director of Earth Observation Programmes, Josef Aschbacher, announces that the international ocean science satellite previously known as Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS has been renamed Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich after NASA’s former director of the Earth Science division, Dr. Michael Freilich, Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Sentinel-6A Michael Freilich will observe and record global sea level changes and will be joined by an identical satellite slated to launch in 2025 for a total of ten years of targeted observations. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Photographer NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Album Sentinel-6_Michael_Freilich
Location NASA Headquarters
Date January 28, 2020