OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Jason-3 3D Model

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

Whale Census and Habitat

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...

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Wave Height

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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

Spacecraft processing

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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

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

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

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