Feb 4, 2020
Ocean-Studying Satellite to Launch from Vandenberg AFB Gets Familiar Name
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: satellites
Spacecraft’s new moniker honors NASA’s retired Earth Science Division leader Michael Freilich.
An artist’s concept depicts the Sentinel-6A satellite, which NASA and several partners have renamed in honor of noted earth scientist Michael Freilich, who retired from the space agency but oversaw many missions from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is set to launch this fall from the Central Coast. (NASA illustration)