Jason-1: JMR instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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 show Jason-3 over France.

Jason-1 TRSR

Jason-3 Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Sea Level

Jason-1 Altimeter

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

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 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing