OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Jason-3 Launch

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

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

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

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

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

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

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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

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...

Jason-3 Animation

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

Jason-1 launch images

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