TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 LRA

To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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

Sea Surface Height

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

Jason-1: JMR instrument

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

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.

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

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

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

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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

Jason-1 launch images

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Jason-3 Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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