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Jason-1 Altimeter

Sea Surface Height

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.

Mike Davis in front of the faring

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 ...

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

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

Wind Speed

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

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

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 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

Jason-3

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography