TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Oceans of Climate Change

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

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

In many communities in the U.S., sea level rise is already a factor in people’s lives in the form of high-tide flooding.

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

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 ...

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

The ocean is responsible for Earth's mild climate and makes life on Earth possible for all creatures.

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Headed for Orbit!

Spacecraft processing

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST

Jason-1 Lithograph

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

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Sea levels across the globe are rising as a result of a changing climate — and the rate at which they are rising is accelerating. NASA Science Live was recorded Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, and featured...

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

It's hard to "see" sea level rise by just looking at the ocean, but its effects are very real.

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