Jason-1 launch images

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Spacecraft processing

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

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

Wave Height

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

Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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. 

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Jason-1: LRA instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Ocean Dynamic Topography

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Whale Census and Habitat

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

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