Jason-3

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

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...

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Jason-1 Radiometer

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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-3 3D Model

Jason-1 Artists Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

Sea Level

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

Sea Surface Height

Jason-1 launch images

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

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.