Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Headed for Orbit!

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

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

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

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

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.

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Jason-3

Jason-1 Lithograph

Jason-1: First Image

Early morning at the launch pad

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 launch images

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.

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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 ...

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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

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

The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite