Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Jason-1 Lithograph

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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.

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

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Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-3 Launch

Wave Height

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Sea Level

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

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Jason-3 Ready for Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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.