TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

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

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

SSH and SST - Global

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Oceans of Climate Change

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

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

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

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

Watching Our Oceans

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

Sea Level Isn't Level - Why it matters

El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The warmer water associated with El Niño displaces colder water in the upper layer of the ocean caus...

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Headed for Orbit!

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

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

Spacecraft processing

The Jason-3 satellite, launched on January 17, 2016, is allowing scientists to continue a 23-year record of crucial ocean monitoring.

This video discusses the water cycle, which is the movement of water around the Earth, and its importance to life. Changes to the water cycle affect climate and vice versa.

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Altimeter Mission Series