Jason-3

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

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 Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-1 Radiometer

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

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

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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).

Jason-1: First Image

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

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 ...

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...

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

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