Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Jason-1 TRSR

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-3

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

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

Jason-1 Line Drawing

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 ...

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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).

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-3 3D Model

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

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

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

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

Whale Census and Habitat

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