OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Spacecraft processing

Headed for Orbit!

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Sea Surface Height

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Whale Census and Habitat

Altimeter Mission Series

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Jason-1: First Image

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

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

Jason-3

Jason-3 3D Model

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.