Jason-1: TRSR instrument

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

Headed for Orbit!

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

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Jason-3 Launch

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

Jason-1 TRSR

Jason-1 Altimeter

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-1: LRA instrument

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

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

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

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