Checking Sentinel-6B after unboxing

Following its arrival in California a few weeks ago, the time has come for spacecraft engineers to ready the next sea-level monitoring satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-6B, for launch, which is slated for November. The first step has been to carefully remove this precious new satellite from its storage container and to start a series of comprehensive checks as part of its launch campaign.

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