OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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

Jason-1 Line Drawing

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.

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Mike Davis in front of the faring

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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

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.

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.

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain