OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-3

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

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

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.

Water Vapor

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

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...

To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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

Altimeter Mission Series

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage