NASA has returned to Space X to launch the second Sentinel-6 satellite. In a contract announced on 20 December SpaceX will launch Sentinel-6B/Jason-CS B satellite in November 2025 using a Falcon 9 rocket. This contract is valued at US$94 million.
The mission will launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This is the same site its sister satellite, Sentinel-6A, began its mission in November 2020.