Ariane 42P launch vehicle

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

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...

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

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

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

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

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

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

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Jason-1 launch images

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

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

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-3

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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