Jason-1 Altimeter

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Sea Surface Height

Radiometer Rework - 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 ...

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.

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

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

Jason-1: First Image

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Jason-3

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.

Wave Height

Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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.