Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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. 

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

Jason-1: LRA instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-3

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

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

Wind Speed

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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

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...

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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