Ariane 42P launch vehicle

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

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.

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Altimeter Mission Series

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Jason-1 Artists Concept

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.

Spacecraft processing

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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...

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Jason-3

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

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

Jason-1 TRSR

Jason-1 launch images

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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.

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Jason-1 Radiometer