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

Wave Height

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Spacecraft processing

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Jason-1: LRA instrument

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 ...

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

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

Sea Level

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter