Jason-3

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1 launch images

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

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

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

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-1 DORIS

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

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

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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-1 in full flight configuration

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).

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

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-1 TRSR

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Spacecraft processing

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

Ocean Dynamic Topography