Meet NASA's Parag Vaze, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Project Manager — Live Q&A

Launching soon from the U.S. West Coast, the satellite will track sea levels worldwide. In a series of live question-and-answer sessions, we invite you to meet some of the scientists and engineers on the mission. For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making. The launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will help Parag continue that legacy.

The world's latest ocean-monitoring satellite is being readied for its launch from California on Nov. 10. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft will ensure continuity of the Jason series of missions to better our understanding of our rising seas and help shape the future of sea-level studies.

Designed to collect the most accurate satellite data for our continuing measurements of global sea level and to help us understand how our oceans are responding to climate change, the spacecraft is the product of a partnership between NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Credit:NASA-JPL/Caltech

[RoverT]

I wish there were credits for the music at the start. Shazam couldn't find it.

[davidleepaynter]

Meteorologist can't forcast the weather with all there satilites, it's doubtful this unit can measure the correct sea rise. Just wasted taxpayers money.