Jason-3

Jason-3 Animation

Jason-1 Line Drawing

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Jason-1 Altimeter

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-3 Ready for Launch

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

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.

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...

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

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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...

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Jason-3

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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