OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Ocean Dynamic Topography

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Jason-1 Lithograph

Wave Height

Headed for Orbit!

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

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

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

Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.

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.

Spacecraft processing

Sea Level

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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

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.

t - 12 minutes

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

Jason-1 LRA