Jason-1 Artists Concept

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

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

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

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

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Jason-1 Poster

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

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

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

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).

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

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

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-3

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

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Sea Surface Height

Jason-3 on 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.

Altimeter Mission Series

Jason-1 Lithograph