OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Jason-1 Lithograph

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

t - 10 minutes

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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

Wave Height

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

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

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

Jason-3 Launch

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

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

Whale Census and Habitat

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