Wind Speed

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

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

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

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. 

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

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Wave Height

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

This visualization shows total sea level change between 1992 and 2019, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites. Blue regions are where sea level ha...

Launched on January 17, 2016, Jason-3 is a partnership that includes NOAA, NASA, CNES, and EUMETSAT.  The map shown here was generated using sea surface height measurements from the first 10 days (...

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

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS