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Jason-3 3D Model

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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

Spacecraft processing

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 ...

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Jason-1 Lithograph

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Jason-1 Altimeter

Jason-3 Launch

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

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Sea Surface Height

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth