TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

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 ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST

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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

Jason-1 LRA

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 Altimeter

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

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Jason-1 Poster

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. 

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Radiometer Install - Jan. 2007

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography