Large Icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will monitor the affect of global warming on coastlines, where billions of people face the risk of encroaching oceans in the coming decades. Felipe Dana / AP
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a U.S.-European satellite lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was expected to deploy its solar panels and later make first contact with controllers. David Middlecamp / The Tribune
A rendering of the Sentinel-6 satellite, dedicated to measuring sea levels as part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation. AFP / European Space Agency
Inside SpaceX’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, with the US European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite, as it is being encapsulated in its payload fairing on November. AFP / Nasa
The Sentinel-6 satellite on test in Germany, dedicated to measuring sea levels, as part of the European Union's Copernicus Earth Observation. The Sentinel-6 satellite, which will measure sea levels. AFP / European Space Agency
A rendering of the Sentinel-6 satellite, dedicated to measuring sea levels as part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation. AFP / European Space Agency
Large Icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will monitor the affect of global warming on coastlines, where billions of people face the risk of encroaching oceans in the coming decades. Felipe Dana / AP
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a U.S.-European satellite lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was expected to deploy its solar panels and later make first contact with controllers. David Middlecamp / The Tribune
A rendering of the Sentinel-6 satellite, dedicated to measuring sea levels as part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation. AFP / European Space Agency
Inside SpaceX’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, with the US European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite, as it is being encapsulated in its payload fairing on November. AFP / Nasa
The Sentinel-6 satellite on test in Germany, dedicated to measuring sea levels, as part of the European Union's Copernicus Earth Observation. The Sentinel-6 satellite, which will measure sea levels. AFP / European Space Agency
A rendering of the Sentinel-6 satellite, dedicated to measuring sea levels as part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation. AFP / European Space Agency
Large Icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will monitor the affect of global warming on coastlines, where billions of people face the risk of encroaching oceans in the coming decades. Felipe Dana / AP
