OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

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

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-3 Launch

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

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

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

t - 10 minutes

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 LRA

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