OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Radiometer Install - April 2007

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

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

Sea Level

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.

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3 Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

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

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna