Water Vapor

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

On the left is Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) relative to the sea level mean (1993-2018). On the right is Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) with the sea level trend as the straight line. The data a...

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

t - 12 minutes

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Sea Level

Jason-1: LRA instrument

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

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Spacecraft processing

Jason-1 Radiometer

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