OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Early morning at the launch pad

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

Sea Level

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Sea Surface Height

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

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

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

t - 12 minutes

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Jason-3

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 launch images

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 over Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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 ...

Jason-3 Launch

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