NASA's Sentinel 6-Michael Freilich oceanography satellite – a joint venture with the European Space Agency – will begin a five-and-a-half-year mission to collect"the most accurate data yet on global sea level and how our oceans are rising in response to climate change,"The mission also will collect information on atmospheric temperature and humidity to improve weather forecasts and climate models.
The satellite will head into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is slated to launch from California's Vandenberg Air Force base at 12:17 a.m. ET Saturday. The satellite is named in honor of the late director of NASA's Earth science division. It's the first West Coast launch in a year a half.
It needs to monitor the rise of the bullshit level in Washington d.c. That would would be rally amazing to watch.
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