Wave Height

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Sea Surface Height

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-1 Altimeter

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-3 Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

Jason-3

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 in full flight configuration

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

Radiometer Install - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

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