OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-1 TRSR

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

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-3

Spacecraft processing

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

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 GPSP

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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

Water Vapor

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

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

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

Headed for Orbit!

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Jason-1 launch images

Wind Speed