Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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.

Spacecraft processing

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

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TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The warmer water associated with El Niño displaces colder water in the upper layer of the ocean caus...

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-1: JMR instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Jason-1 Radiometer

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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.

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.