OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

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

Jason-3

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Jason-3 Launch

Jason-1: LRA instrument

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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.

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Jason-3 Animation

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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 ...

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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

Wind Speed

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Altimeter Mission Series