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Jason-1: TRSR instrument

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Jason-1 launch images

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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 ...

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

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).

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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

Jason-1 Poster

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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 ...

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

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 on top of the DPAF