Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Lithograph

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

Jason-1 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

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 over 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.

Jason-1 DORIS

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-1 Radiometer

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

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.

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept