Jason-3 Ready for Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-3 3D Model

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

The SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

Jason-1 Lithograph

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

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

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

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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 ...

Whale Census and Habitat

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

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

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

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry