OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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.

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1 DORIS

Spacecraft processing

Radiometer Install - Jan. 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...

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

Ocean Dynamic Topography

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Early morning at the launch pad

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Jason-1 LRA

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept