Sea Level

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Jason-1 Radiometer

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

On the left is Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) relative to the sea level mean (1993-2018). On the right is Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) with the sea level trend as the straight line. The data a...

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Spacecraft processing

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

Headed for Orbit!

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

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

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

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.

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

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 ...

Jason-1 LRA

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

Sea Surface Height