Ariane 42P launch vehicle

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Spacecraft processing

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 Line Drawing

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Whale Census and Habitat

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

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

Jason-3 3D Model

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Experts from NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA discuss the upcoming launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in a recorded live broadcast

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-1: TRSR instrument