Jason-1: JMR instrument

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 ...

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.

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-3

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

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OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Jason-1 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

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

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich