Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

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

Jason-1 TRSR

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 Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

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

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Sea Level

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

Radiometer Install - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Altimeter Mission Series

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

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Jason-1 Lithograph

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

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

Spacecraft processing

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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