Jason-3 Ready for Launch

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

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

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

Sea Surface Height

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Spacecraft processing

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Wind Speed

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

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

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.

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

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

Jason-1 TRSR

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

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