Jason-1 launch images

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Radiometer Install - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

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.

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

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

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

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1 launch images

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Jason-1 Lithograph

Jason-1: JMR instrument