Sea Surface Height

Wind Speed

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

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

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

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

This animation illustrates the evolution of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (relative to the respective normal state) in the Pacific Ocean associated with the 2015-2016 El Niño.

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Jason-1 LRA

Jason-3

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

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

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 (...

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

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

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-3 Launch

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

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.

Spacecraft processing

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: LRA instrument

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

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

Sea Level