Jason-1 TRSR

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

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

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Jason-3

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

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Headed for Orbit!

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

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

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

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Lithograph

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

Mike Davis in front of the faring

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

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

Wave Height

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS