Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Headed for Orbit!

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

Jason-3 Launch

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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).

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.

Wave Height

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Jason-1 Poster

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

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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

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

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

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.

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