Jason-1 launch images

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

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

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Jason-1: JMR instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 Radiometer

Experts from NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA discuss the upcoming launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in a recorded live broadcast

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

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

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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

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

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.

Headed for Orbit!

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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).

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

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Jason-1 Poster

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