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Sentinel-6B/Jason-CS-B
High precision ocean altimetry
Launched in:
2026
Repeat cycle:
10 days
Orbit height:
1336 km
Orbit type:
Non Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
EUMETSAT
Joint mission Eumetsat, ESA, CNES, NASA, NOAA
Together with Sentinel-6B/Jason-CS-B
Sentinel-6B/Jason-CS-B websites
Information
Eumetsat - Sentinel-6
ESA - Sentinel-6
NASA JPL - Sea level mssions Jason-CS
ESA eoPortal - Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
On Board Sensors
Poseidon-4 (Radar Altimeter Ku/C)
Information
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band Ku (SAR-K)
Band C (SAR-C)