TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Radiometer Install - April 2007

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.

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

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.

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

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 Artists Concept

Jason-1 Line Drawing

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

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Water Vapor

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

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

Jason-3 Animation

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

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.

Mike Davis in front of the faring

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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-1 Spacecraft Animation

Jason-1: LRA instrument