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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the U.S.-European Sentinel-6B satellite was launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA reported.
Sentinel-6B will take over as the official reference satellite for global sea level measurements from its twin, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched Nov. 21, 2020, from the same launch pad.
Mission controllers for Sentinel-6B received full acquisition of signal from the spacecraft.
SpaceX said on X that deployment of Sentinel-6B is confirmed.