Jason-1: LRA instrument

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

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

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

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 Ready for Launch

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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

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

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...

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

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

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 ...