Jason-1 Line Drawing

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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 ...

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: JMR instrument

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

Whale Census and Habitat

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-1 LRA

Sea Surface Height

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.

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

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

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 TRSR

Sea Level

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

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

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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