OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

Jason-3

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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

Water Vapor

Jason-1 Altimeter

Mike Davis in front of the faring

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Radiometer Install - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Jason-3 3D Model

Jason-3 Animation

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Early morning at the launch pad

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

The SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)