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TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
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August 10, 2000
TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
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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
Sentinel-6 Rollout at SLC-4, VAFB
High Resolution Jason-1 launch images
High Resolution Jason-1 launch images
Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project
Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4
Sentinel-6 on pad at SLC-4, VAFB
Sea Level Isn't Level - Why it matters
Sea Level Isn't Level
Global sea level rise is accelerating incrementally over time rather than increasing at a steady rate, as previously thought, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satelli...
Sea Level Rise Accelerates Over Time
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t - 12 minutes
Jason-3
Jason-3
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.
Rising Waters: Out-of-Balance Ice Sheets
Headed for Orbit!
Headed for Orbit!
Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)
Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)
These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel
These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel
Changing conditions in the Pacific have stirred up Earth’s largest ocean and redistributed its heat, piling up warm waters along U.S. Western shores and raising sea level in the process.
Rising Waters on the West Coast
NASA and its partners announced the renaming of the mission, previously known as Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS.
Sentinel 6A Renaming Ceremony
Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.
Sea Surface Height 1993 - 2011
This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Artist's Rendering
Jason-1: TRSR instrument
Jason-1: TRSR instrument
Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1
Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1
NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye
NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye
It’s not only water processes that play a role in global sea level rise – ground movements can play a significant role as well.
Rising Waters: Our Dynamic Earth
Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)
Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)
Our World: How High is the Ocean?
Our World: How High is the Ocean?
A look at how NASA is dealing with the threat of sea level rise to its coastal infrastructure.
Rising Waters: Sea Level & NASA Infrastructure
Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work
Jason-CS/Sentinel-6
Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch
Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch
