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

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

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Headed for Orbit!

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

Whale Census and Habitat

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1 launch images

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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

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-3 Animation

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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

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

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Jason-1 LRA