Jason-3

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

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

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-3 Launch

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Sea Level

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

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TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Jason-1 launch images

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Headed for Orbit!

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images