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

The Antonov cargo aircraft carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite touches down on the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 24, 2020. 

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Poster

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-1 JPL Open House '99 Display

Wave Height

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

Jason-1 Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon Measurement System

Earth’s rising seas are some of the most visible signs of our warming planet. Over the last 23 years, NASA satellite missions have observed a steady rise in global sea levels as polar ice sheets me...

Jason-1 Lithograph

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

A Year in the Life Of El Niño

Jason-3

Altimeter Mission Series

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Jason-3 Launch

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

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Oceans' Role in Climate - Applications

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

Jason-1 DORIS

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.

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.