Jason-3 Ready for Launch

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

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.

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1: First Image

Jason-1 Launch - Artists Concept

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Whale Census and Habitat

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1 Artists Concept

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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

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 Launch Configuration

Jason-1 Poster