Jason-3

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 Altimeter

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Jason-1: LRA instrument

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

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

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High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Mike Davis in front of the faring

The Antonov cargo aircraft carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite touches down on the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 24, 2020.

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

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The Antonov cargo aircraft carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite touches down on the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 24, 2020. 

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

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

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography