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Jason-3 3D Model

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

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

Jason-1 TRSR

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-1 Poster

The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Jason-1 Line Drawing

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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Headed for Orbit!

Ocean Dynamic Topography

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna