Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

Experts from NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA discuss the upcoming launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in a recorded live broadcast

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

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

Jason-3 Animation

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

Sea Level

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

Early morning at the launch pad

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Ocean Dynamic Topography

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

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

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-1 Lithograph

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

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The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

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

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS