Jason-1 launch images

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

Altimeter Mission Series

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Radiometer Install - April 2007

The SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

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

Jason-1 Radiometer

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Jason-3 3D Model

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

Jason-3 Animation

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Early morning at the launch pad

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

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

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).

Jason-1 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images