OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

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

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

t - 12 minutes

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-1 launch images

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Jason-3 Launch

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

Jason-1 TRSR

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1 DORIS

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 launch images

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry