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OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

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.

Whale Census and Habitat

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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

Early morning at the launch pad

Wave Height

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-3

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

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

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

Jason-3 3D Model

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Lithograph

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 LRA

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain