Ocean Dynamic Topography

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

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 ...

Headed for Orbit!

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

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

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Altimeter

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...

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

Jason-3

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Jason-1 Radiometer

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Jason-1 launch images

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

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

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

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth