TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

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

Jason-1 Altimeter

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Spacecraft processing

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Jason-1 DORIS

Headed for Orbit!

Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.

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

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

Jason-3

t - 10 minutes

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

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

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

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. 

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Jason-1 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-3 Ready for Launch