Jason-1 Artists Concept

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-3 Launch

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Radiometer Install - April 2007

The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

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

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.

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1 TRSR

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Whale Census and Habitat