Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Headed for Orbit!

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

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.

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

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Sea Surface Height

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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).

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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. 

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...

Early morning at the launch pad

Water Vapor

t - 12 minutes

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Radiometer Install - April 2007