US-European ocean monitoring satellite launches into orbit ...Middle East

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A U.S.-European satellite designed to extend a decades-long measurement of global sea surface heights was launched into Earth orbit from California on Saturday. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:17 a.m. and arced southward over the Pacific Ocean. The Falcon’s first stage flew back to the launch site and landed for reuse. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was expected to deploy its solar panels and later make first contact with controllers. Named for a former NASA official who had a key role in developing space-based oceanography, the satellite’s main instrument is an extremely accu

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