Jason-3

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

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Jason-1 launch images

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 LRA

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-1 Poster

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

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.