Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Jason-1 Altimeter

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

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

The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

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.

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Sea Surface Height

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

Wave Height

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

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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 launch images

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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.

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.