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SpaceX has sent to space a satellite designed to monitor sea levels across the globe under a U.S.-U.K. partnership. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a mission to collect sea level data, support ship navigation and inform weather forecasts, NASA said Sunday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded separate contracts to GeoOptics, Spire Global and PlanetIQ to support the second round of NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Pilot program. The three satellite firms will supply space-based radio occultation information through July 31, 2019 to help NOAA assess the data’s potential value to its …