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September 13, 2010
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Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)
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Jason-3 Animation
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Jason-3 Ready for Launch
Jason-3 Ready for Launch
Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)
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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.
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TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer
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Jason-1: TRSR instrument
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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 ...
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Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project
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Jason-3 Lifts Off!
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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 Rollout at SLC-4, VAFB
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TOPEX/Poseidon launch
TOPEX/Poseidon launch
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
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Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project
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