Ocean Dynamic Topography

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Early morning at the launch pad

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-1 Altimeter

Jason-1 launch images

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

Jason-3

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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: LRA instrument

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

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

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

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 GPSP

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Jason-3 Lifts Off!