Jason-3 Ready for Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

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

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 ...

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

Mike Davis in front of the faring

Jason-3

Wind Speed

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3 Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Whale Census and Habitat

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Wave Height

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

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.