TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Spacecraft processing

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

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

Jason-1 Radiometer

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

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

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

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

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

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. 

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Water Vapor

Jason-1 Lithograph

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.

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

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

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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