NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

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 ...

NASA and its partners announced the renaming of the mission, previously known as Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS.

For NASA engineer Shannon Statham, building spacecraft is all about being creative.

Earth’s global sea levels are rising – and are doing so at an accelerating rate.

Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.

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.

One of the best ways to understand Earth's ocean is from the perspective of space.

Jason-3 Animation

Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature.

Sea level rise is an indicator that our planet is warming. When ice on land, such as mountain glaciers or the ice sheets of Greenland or Antarctica, melts, that water contributes to sea level rise.

Earth’s rising seas are some of the most visible signs of our warming planet. Over the last 23 years, NASA satellite missions have observed a steady rise in global sea levels as polar ice sheets me...

It’s not only water processes that play a role in global sea level rise – ground movements can play a significant role as well.

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

Greenland and Antarctica are home to most of the world's glacial ice – including its only two ice sheets – making them areas of particular interest to scientists.

After living in coastal Virginia and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, Ben Hamlington is now researching sea level rise at NASA JPL.

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

B-roll for media. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is an Earth-observing satellite that will collect data on sea level and how it changes over time. By measuring sea surface height, scientists world...

The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

Oceans of Climate Change

Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work

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

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

This visualization shows total sea level change between 1992 and 2019, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites. Blue regions are where sea level ha...

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.