Jason-3 Animation

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

SSH and SST - Global

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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...

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

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

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

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

For over 20 years NASA has been tracking the global surface topography of the ocean in order to understand the important role it plays in our daily lives. Climate change is causing our Ocean to war...

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Jason-1 Poster

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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-3 Lifts Off!

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

Jason-3 3D Model

El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)

Jason-1 Artists Concept

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

Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project