Jason-1 Artists Concept

Jason-1 Line Drawing

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

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Mike Davis in front of the faring

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Headed for Orbit!

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

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 DORIS

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-1 TRSR

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Ocean Dynamic Topography

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

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

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Sea Level