Jason-1 launch images

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

Jason-3 Launch

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Jason-3

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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

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-3 Lifts Off!

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

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

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 DORIS

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Jason-1 Altimeter

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

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

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

Jason-1: JMR instrument

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography