TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

Jason-3

Radiometer Install - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Jason-1 Radiometer

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.

Sea Surface Height

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 Artists Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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. 

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

Whale Census and Habitat

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Radiometer Rework - 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 Spacecraft Animation