Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Jason-1 Altimeter

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To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

Jason-1 DORIS

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 Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

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).

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

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

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TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Mike Davis in front of the faring

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 LRA

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

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...

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch