Sea Surface Height

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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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

Early morning at the launch pad

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

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 ...

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-3 Launch

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Whale Census and Habitat

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Jason-3

Spacecraft processing

TOPEX/Poseidon launch