Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Whale Census and Habitat

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

Radiometer Install - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

Jason-3

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

Jason-1 Lithograph

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon 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

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

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. 

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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.

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Altimeter Mission Series

Early morning at the launch pad

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing