Water Vapor

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.

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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...

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

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

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 (...

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

Jason-1: First Image

Spacecraft processing

Jason-1 LRA

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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-3 Launch

Jason-1 Lithograph

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

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Whale Census and Habitat

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna