Jason-1 Radiometer

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1: JMR instrument

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Headed for Orbit!

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Wind Speed

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

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

Wave Height

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

t - 12 minutes

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

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

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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