Sea Surface Height

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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

Jason-3 Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Water Vapor

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

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

Whale Census and Habitat

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

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.

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

t - 10 minutes

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

t - 12 minutes

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 DORIS