Jason-3 Ready for Launch

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-3 Animation

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

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

Whale Census and Habitat

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Jason-1 Radiometer

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

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

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

Jason-3

Jason-3

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.

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