OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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

Ocean Dynamic Topography

The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

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 DORIS

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

Sea Surface Height

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Early morning at the launch pad

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF