OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

Jason-3

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

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

Jason-1 DORIS

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Sea Surface Height

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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

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

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

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.

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