Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Jason-1 Radiometer

Jason-3 Launch

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

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

Spacecraft processing

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

Wind Speed

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Radiometer Install - April 2007

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept