Jason-1 Artists Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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).

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

t - 10 minutes

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

Early morning at the launch pad

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-1: LRA instrument

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

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

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

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

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

Jason-1 LRA

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Spacecraft processing