Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

The SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Jason-1 Poster

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

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

Jason-3 3D Model

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

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

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.

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

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

Jason-1 Altimeter

The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

Jason-1 Radiometer