Jason-1 Line Drawing

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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.

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

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Wind Speed

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TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

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 Ground Tracks

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

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