Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Mike Davis in front of the faring

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

Jason-3 Launch

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.

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Water Vapor

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Wind Speed

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

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

Jason-1 Artists Concept

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

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

Wave Height

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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