Sea Surface Height

Jason-3 Launch

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

Water Vapor

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Wind Speed

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1 Lithograph

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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.

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Jason-1: JMR instrument

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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

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 Launch Configuration

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images