OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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. 

Headed for Orbit!

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

Wave Height

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Mike Davis in front of the faring

Water Vapor

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1: JMR instrument