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OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

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

Experts from NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA discuss the upcoming launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in a recorded live broadcast

Jason-1 Lithograph

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Jason-1 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Wave Height

Altimeter Mission Series

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

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OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-1 TRSR

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

Jason-1 launch images

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

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

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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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 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain