Jason-1: TRSR instrument

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

Wind Speed

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-1 TRSR

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Jason-3 Animation

Sea Level

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

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

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

Whale Census and Habitat

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

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