Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Water Vapor

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Headed for Orbit!

Jason-1 Lithograph

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.

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 Animation

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Wave Height

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

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

Wind Speed

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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.

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

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

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