Jason-1 Lithograph

Jason-3

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

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

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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).

Wave Height

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

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 TRSR

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

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF