Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

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

Sea Level

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Sea Surface Height

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

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

Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

In many communities in the U.S., sea level rise is already a factor in people’s lives in the form of high-tide flooding.

TOPEX/Poseidon Measurement System

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

Jason-3

Jason-1 with 3 Ships

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Greenland and Antarctica are home to most of the world's glacial ice – including its only two ice sheets – making them areas of particular interest to scientists.

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-3 Launch

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

The SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4