Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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

t - 12 minutes

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

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

Jason-3

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

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Wind Speed

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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

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.

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

Jason-3 Launch

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

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...

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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