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OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing
Published:
September 13, 2010
OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing
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This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.
Jason-3 over California
Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring
Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring
Jason-3 Animation
Jason-3 Animation
OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept
OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept
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.
Sentinel-6 Spacecraft Arrival/Offload
Altimeter Mission Series
Altimeter Mission Series
t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain
t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain
TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data
TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data
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
OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP
OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP
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 ...
Testing of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite
Radiometer Install - April 2007
Radiometer Install - April 2007
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4
Sentinel-6 Rollout at SLC-4, VAFB
These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel
These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel
OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna
OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna
t - 10 minutes
t - 10 minutes
Spacecraft processing
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft processing
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.
Sentinel-6 Spacecraft Arrival/Offload
Jason-1 launch images
Jason-1 launch images
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
Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Relive the Launch: Sentinel-6B
Headed for Orbit!
Headed for Orbit!
Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Watch the Launch of the Ocean-Observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna
OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna
For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.
NASA Engineer Observes Sea Level Rise from Space for 30 Years