OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

Jason-1 Altimeter

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 ...

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Jason-3

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1: LRA instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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.

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 launch

Wave Height

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Early morning at the launch pad