Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1 launch images

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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.

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-3

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

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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

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

Wave Height

Altimeter Mission Series

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

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

Early morning at the launch pad

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

Jason-3 Animation

Jason-1: First Image