Jason-3

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

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

Jason-1 TRSR

Jason-1 DORIS

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

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...

Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

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

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

Wind Speed

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Jason-1 Lithograph