Jason-1: LRA instrument

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

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

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-3 Animation

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Spacecraft processing

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

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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.

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

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 Lithograph

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Wave Height

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Headed for Orbit!