Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Sea Level

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Jason-1 TRSR

Jason-1 with 3 Ships

How We Fly Our Satellite- JPL Open House '99 Display

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Changing conditions in the Pacific have stirred up Earth’s largest ocean and redistributed its heat, piling up warm waters along U.S. Western shores and raising sea level in the process.

Measuring El Niño & La Niña - JPL Open House '99 Display

Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Wind Speed

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich fairing logo

For NASA engineer Shannon Statham, building spacecraft is all about being creative.

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Mike Davis in front of the faring

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

After living in coastal Virginia and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, Ben Hamlington is now researching sea level rise at NASA JPL.

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Sticker

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST