OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

Jason-1 DORIS

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Sea Surface Height

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-1 Artists Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Sea Level

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Spacecraft processing

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

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 LRA

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry