Jason-1 launch images

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

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...

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

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

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

Jason-1 TRSR

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

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

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

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

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

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

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Jason-1 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Jason-3 3D Model

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