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MEDIA SERVICES

Media Contacts

POLICY/PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
NASA Headquarters, Washington

Grey Hautaluoma
+1-202-358-0668
+1-202-236-7965 (mobile)
grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov


SENTINEL-6 MICHAEL FREILICH
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Jane J. Lee
+1-818-354-0307
+1-626-491-1943 (mobile)
jane.j.lee@jpl.nasa.gov

Ian J. O'Neill
+1-818-354-2649
+1-626-497-4092 (mobile)
ian.j.oneill@jpl.nasa.gov

Jia-Rui Cook
+1-818-354-0724
+1-626-524-6483 (mobile)
jccook@jpl.nasa.gov


LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM PUBLIC AFFAIRS
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Mary Maclaughlin
+1-321-867-3155
+1-321-289-7960 (mobile)
mary.maclaughlin@nasa.gov

Kenna Pell
+1-321-861-0152
+1-321-501-0625 (mobile)
kenna.m.pell@nasa.gov

LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Jessica Paglialonga
+1-321-867-2926
+1-321-291-1845 (mobile)
jessica.r.paglialonga@nasa.gov


LAUNCH VEHICLE
SpaceX, Hawthorne, California

James Gleeson
media@spacex.com

Kelsey Smith
media@spacex.com


SENTINEL-6/JASON-CS MISSION PARTNERS

European Space Agency
Ninja Menning
Ninja.Menning@esa.int

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Ruth Evans
+49 6151 807 5830
+49 171 221 3015 (mobile)
ruth.evans@eumetsat.int

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John Leslie
+1-301-713-0214
John.leslie@noaa.gov

SPACECRAFT BUILD
Airbus, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Mathias Pikelj
+49 (0) 7545 8 9123
mathias.pikelj@airbus.com



Products and Events

News Releases, Features, and Status Reports

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich team will issue periodic news releases, feature stories, media advisories, and status reports on launch and mission activities and make them available online at nasa.gov/sentinel-6. Media advisories in advance of the launch will include details on media accreditation, briefings, prelaunch media activities at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and NASA Television and web coverage.

Video and Images

Video and images related to the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite are available at the following websites:
nasa.gov/sentinel-6
go.nasa.gov/Sentinel6Gallery

Media Events

The most up-to-date information about upcoming Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission media events and where they may be viewed can be found at nasa.gov/nasalive. More information on NASA TV and streaming channels can be found below.

BRIEFINGS AND AVAILABILITIES

A news conference presenting an overview of the mission will take place on Oct. 16 at 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT, or 4 p.m. CET).

For the Nov. 10, 2020, launch, a prelaunch news conference open to accredited news media is scheduled on Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST, or 11 p.m. CET) at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

A science briefing is scheduled on Nov. 9 for 12:30 p.m. PST (3:30 p.m. EST, or 9:30 p.m. CET) at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

All news briefings will be broadcast and streamed. A phone bridge for media will be provided for each news briefing.

ON-SITE MEDIA LOGISTICS

News media representatives who would like to cover the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich launch and prelaunch media briefings in person from Vandenberg Air Force Base must be accredited through Kennedy Space Center. All accreditation requests should be submitted online at media.ksc.nasa.gov. For questions about accreditation, journalists should contact the credentialing team at KSC-Media-Accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, NASA will be credentialing a limited number of media to cover the launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Media interested in attending this launch must have applied by 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT) Sunday, Sept. 27. Due to COVID-19 safety restrictions at Vandenberg Air Force Base and quarantine requirements, international media who would be traveling from overseas will not be able to register for this launch. International media based in the U.S. were eligible to apply.

Interviews with mission team members in the Vandenberg Air Force Base area around the time of launch may be arranged by calling 818-354-5011.

NASA Television

NASA Television channels are digital C-band signals, carried by QPSK/DVB-S modulation on satellite Galaxy-13, transponder 11, at 127 degrees west longitude, with a downlink frequency of 3920 MHz, vertical polarization, data rate of 38.80 MHz, symbol rate of 28.0681 Mbps, and ¾ FEC. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) is needed for reception. For NASA TV information and schedules on the Web, visit: nasa.gov/ntv.

Live NASA TV programming on NASA's public channel is available on the web at nasa.gov/live. The NASA TV media channel is also available live at youtube.com/NASA. Archived NASA TV programming is available soon after it airs at images.nasa.gov.

ADDITIONAL LIVE VIDEO STREAMS

Additional livestreaming video of the Oct. 16 overview news conference, news conferences in the days before launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and coverage of the launch itself is available at: youtube.com/nasajpl and ustream.tv/nasajpl2.

AUDIO

Audio of the pre-launch readiness and science news conference at Vandenberg Air Force Base the day before launch and NASA TV launch coverage will be carried on "V-circuits," which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260, or -7135.

Eyes on the Earth

Shortly after launch, the public can follow the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in real time as it orbits Earth through NASA's Eyes on Earth at climate.nasa.gov/earth-now.

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