Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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-3 3D Model

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

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

Jason-1 LRA

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

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

Jason-1: LRA instrument

Jason-1 Poster

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Sea Surface Height