Jason-1 Artists Concept

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

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

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-1 Radiometer

Altimeter Mission Series

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

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Altimeter

Jason-3 3D Model

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

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

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