Jason-1 Radiometer

Radiometer Install - April 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. 

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

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-3

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1 TRSR

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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

Spacecraft processing

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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 Artist's Concept

Jason-1 launch images

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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

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

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