Jason-1 launch images

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Water Vapor

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

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

Whale Census and Habitat

The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

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

Headed for Orbit!

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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 ...

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

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High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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-1: TRSR instrument

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

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

Mike Davis in front of the faring

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

Jason-3 Animation

Jason-1 launch images

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