Jason-1 Lithograph

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-1 TRSR

Headed for Orbit!

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-3 Launch

Altimeter Mission Series

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

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

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

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

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