TOPEX/Poseidon launch

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

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 ...

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

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

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

Sea Level

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

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-1 Radiometer

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

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

Headed for Orbit!

t - 7 minutes - Photo: Tom Shain

Mike Davis in front of the faring

t - 12 minutes

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

Jason-3

Jason-1 launch images