TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

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

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 DORIS

Jason-3 Launch

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Mike Davis in front of the faring

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-1 Lithograph

Jason-1 Artists Concept

Jason-1: LRA instrument

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 LRA

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

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

Sea Surface Height

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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

Jason-3

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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.

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

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