NASA's Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite recently launched with SpaceX's Falcon 9 from California last November 21. It is now up and running to orbit the planet with "Eyes on the Earth" web-based app to monitor. The app provides real-time updates and 3D visualization of Earth's orbit conditions and keeps track of the present sea-level conditions.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) invites people to track the Sentinel-6 and view its progress as it continuously goes around the Earth and stays in orbit to perform its sole mission. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is a spacecraft explicitly made to monitor Earth's sea levels and detect any changes that may be alarming.
The US-European spacecraft is one of NASA's most critical missions this 2020 because of its technology that aims to provide experts, researchers, and scientists massive data. The collected data are all for understanding the current global sea levels, which researchers believed to be lessening daily.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich: See the 3D Visualization of its Real-Time Location
NASA offers a three-dimensional visualization monitoring application that is available via the internet and web browser. This application provides real-time tracking and progress of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, along with the interactive labels of celestial bodies it passes through.
The spacecraft satellite can also be viewed in detail because of the tools that allow it to be examined, showing the mounted or designed instruments with its body at any angle. The web app gives the satellite's real-time location above the Earth.
Another unique tool is "fast forwarding" to the future and sees the entirety of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich's mission. This feature will allow users to see the five-year mission in under a few minutes. Additionally, the satellite tracker also offers other spacecraft to view, with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich as the latest addition.
The Eyes on the Earth application can be accessed directly on NASA's website or through this link. NASA also offers the "Eyes on the Solar System" app, which can put satellites side-by-side, particularly those assigned to orbit other planets or cosmic elements.
NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich: Five Years in the Making for New Tech
According to NASA, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is a mission that was set five-years apart, with another identical sea-level monitoring satellite up in Earth's orbit last 2015. Additionally, Sentinel-6 is currently continuing the work of Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3's mission, which were the initial technology for monitoring the sea levels.
Moreover, NASA's Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is equipped with another feature that monitors temperature and water vapor through its Radio Occultation instrument from high-resolution vertical profiles. The satellite's five-year past launch helped make way for new technology to help scientists predict numerical weather predictions.
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Written by Isaiah Alonzo
