TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Wave Height

Jason-3

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 LRA

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

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...

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

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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

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

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data