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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6B

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Mission brief

The flight at a glance.

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992.

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Published flight sequence

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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.

  1. T−00:38:00

    GO for Prop Load

  2. T−00:35:00

    Prop Load

  3. T−00:35:00

    Stage 1 LOX Load

  4. T−00:16:00

    Stage 2 LOX Load

  5. T−00:07:00

    Engine Chill

  6. T−00:01:00

    Startup

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  1. T−00:01:00

    Tank Press

  2. T−00:00:45

    GO for Launch

  3. T−00:00:03

    Ignition

  4. T+00:00:00

    Liftoff

  5. T+00:01:12

    Max-Q

  6. T+00:02:13

    MECO

  7. T+00:02:17

    Stage 2 Separation

  8. T+00:02:25

    SES-1

  9. T+00:02:30

    Booster Boostback Burn Startup

  10. T+00:02:48

    Fairing Separation

  11. T+00:03:18

    Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown

  12. T+00:07:22

    Entry Burn Startup

  13. T+00:07:48

    Entry Burn Shutdown

  14. T+00:08:18

    SECO-1

  15. T+00:08:42

    Stage 1 Landing Burn

  16. T+00:09:11

    Stage 1 Landing

  17. T+00:52:02

    SES-2

  18. T+00:52:12

    SECO-2

  19. T+00:57:13

    Payload Separation