OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-1 TRSR

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...

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

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

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

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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

Jason-1 Radiometer

Jason-1 launch images

Altimeter Mission Series

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Jason-3

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-3 Launch

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Jason-1 Launch Configuration