File:Sentinel-6 Encapsulation (KSC-20201103-PH-RNB02 0018).jpg

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The U.S.

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English: The U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite, secured inside the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing, is shown inside SpaceX’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California following encapsulation on Nov. 3, 2020. Sentinel-6 is scheduled to launch on Nov. 21, 2020, at 12:17 p.m. EST (9:17 a.m. PST), from Space Launch Complex 4E at VAFB. The Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for launch management.

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Taken on 3 November 2020

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NASA Kennedy Space Center / NASA/Randy Beaudoin

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Encapsulation; Sentinel-6; SLC-4; USAF; European Space Agency; PPF; LSP; SpaceX; Vandenberg Air Force Base; VAFB; ESA; 30th Space Wing; Launch Services Program

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Short title	Sentinel-6 Encapsulation
Image title	The U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite, secured inside the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing, is shown inside SpaceX’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California following encapsulation on Nov. 3, 2020. Sentinel-6 is scheduled to launch on Nov. 21, 2020, at 12:17 p.m. EST (9:17 a.m. PST), from Space Launch Complex 4E at VAFB. The Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for launch management.
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