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The Copernicus Sentinel-6A Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite was launched at 18:17 (CET) on November 2020 from Vandenberg air force base, California.
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich radar altimeter mission provides high-precision measurements of global sea-level.
EUMETSAT provides data to the Copernicus Marine Service, which is operated by Mercator Ocean International.
Currently being developed for the specific needs of the Copernicus programme,
EUMETSAT supports the development of operational oceanography through the delivery of ocean data.
Deriving Total Column Water Vapour (TCWV) and a Wet Tropospheric Correction (WTC) from observations from the S3 Microwave Radiometer (MWR).