Jason-1 Line Drawing

Early morning at the launch pad

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Headed for Orbit!

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Jason-1 DORIS

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

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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

Wave Height

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

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

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

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

Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!