Jason-3 Ready for Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

t - 12 minutes

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

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).

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

Jason-1 Lithograph

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

Wind Speed

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Jason-1 DORIS

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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

Spacecraft processing

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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

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

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