Jason-3 Ready for Launch

Jason-1 Lithograph

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

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

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

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Water Vapor

Jason-1 Altimeter

Jason-1 Line Drawing

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

Jason-1 Artists Concept

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.

Sea Surface Height

Mike Davis in front of the faring

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-1: LRA instrument

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...

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

Jason-3