Jason-1 DORIS

Water Vapor

Wind Speed

Sea Level

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

t - 10 minutes

Jason-1 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

t - 12 minutes

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

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.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

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

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

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: TRSR instrument

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

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

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

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth