OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

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

Early morning at the launch pad

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

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-1 Line Drawing

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Jason-1 launch images

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Lithograph

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

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

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Headed for Orbit!

Altimeter Mission Series