OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

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

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

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

The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Headed for Orbit!

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

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

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

Spacecraft processing

Jason-1: LRA instrument

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

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 Altimeter

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Whale Census and Habitat

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 in full flight configuration