t - 10 minutes

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

Jason-1 launch images

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 DORIS

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

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. 

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Jason-1 Line Drawing

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Radiometer Install - April 2007

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

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 ...

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-1 launch images

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

Jason-1 launch images