OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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

Jason-3 Launch

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Headed for Orbit!

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. 

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-3

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Sea Surface Height

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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

t - 12 minutes

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

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

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.

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Water Vapor

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

Jason-1: First Image

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth