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Jason-3

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)

To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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.

Jason-1 LRA

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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

Jason-1 Line Drawing

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 ...

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

Early morning at the launch pad

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Sea Surface Height

Jason-1 TRSR

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

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