Ariane 42P launch vehicle

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: JMR instrument

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

Wave Height

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

Spacecraft processing

Jason-1 Poster

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

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Sea Surface Height

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

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

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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

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

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

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich