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Jason-1 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

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

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Sea Level

Jason-1 TRSR

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

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.

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Spacecraft processing

Jason-3 Launch

Wind Speed

Jason-1: First Image

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