TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

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

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

Jason-3 Animation

Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.

Spacecraft processing

Altimeter Mission Series

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

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

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Jason-1 launch images

Oceans of Climate Change

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).

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

This animation illustrates the evolution of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (relative to the respective normal state) in the Pacific Ocean associated with the 2015-2016 El Niño.

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF