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

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

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

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Jason-3 3D Model

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 LRA

Sea Surface Height

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Wind Speed

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.

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

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 ...

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

Altimeter Mission Series

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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