Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Early morning at the launch pad

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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

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

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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

Whale Census and Habitat

The 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-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Water Vapor

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

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