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Airbus checking ocean satellite Sentinel-6A’s operational fitness

Test programme is in full swing; launch scheduled for November 2020

Airbus space engineers are currently testing the Copernicus Sentinel-6A satellite at the Space Test Centre of Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) in Ottobrunn - near Munich - to prove its readiness for space. During the test campaign, which will last until spring 2020, the Airbus team will check that the satellite is able to survive the severe conditions of launch and the space environment."Copernicus...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
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