Jason-3 Ready for Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Headed for Orbit!

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

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

Jason-3

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

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.

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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 in full flight configuration

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1 Altimeter

Sea Surface Height

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

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TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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

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