Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Sea Level

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

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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

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

Jason-1: LRA instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

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

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-1 DORIS

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

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

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Jason-1 TRSR

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

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