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

Jason-1: First Image

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Headed for Orbit!

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Altimeter Mission Series

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-3

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

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

Jason-1 Poster

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna