Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

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...

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Jason-1 Poster

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

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

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Wave Height

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

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 Spacecraft Animation

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. 

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.