Jason-3

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Jason-1 TRSR

Jason-1 DORIS

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

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 Satellite Prepared For Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

Altimeter Mission Series

Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

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

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

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

Jason-1 launch images

Headed for Orbit!

Wave Height

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

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

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

Mike Davis in front of the faring