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Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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-3 on the Launch Pad

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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.

Sea Level

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

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

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High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 Radiometer

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Jason-1 LRA

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

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

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