Jason-1 launch images

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High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

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.

Wind Speed

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

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

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...

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

Water Vapor

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Jason-3 3D Model

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

Jason-1 Altimeter

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.

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

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