Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

Jason-1 Artists Concept

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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.

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Wind Speed

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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).

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Jason-1 Poster

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

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.

Whale Census and Habitat

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

Jason-1 Altimeter