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Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Water Vapor

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Jason-1 Lithograph

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Jason-3

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Mike Davis in front of the faring

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

Jason-1 LRA

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: TRSR instrument

Jason-1 launch images

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

Jason-1 launch images

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

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

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