Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1 Artists Concept

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

Jason-1 Altimeter

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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...

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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.

Sea Level

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Jason-1 launch images

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

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

Jason-3 3D Model

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

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

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007