Jason-3 Ready for Launch

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

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.

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

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

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).

Jason-1 Radiometer

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.

Jason-3 3D Model

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

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

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

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

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

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

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 Launch

Jason-1 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Jason-3 Animation

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing