OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1 DORIS

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

Altimeter Mission Series

Experts from NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA discuss the upcoming launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in a recorded live broadcast

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

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

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-3 3D Model

Radiometer Install - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

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

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Jason-1 Line Drawing