Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

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 ...

Altimeter Mission Series

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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 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.

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

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

Wind Speed

Jason-1 DORIS

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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

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

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over the Amazon.

Early morning at the launch pad