TOPEX/Poseidon launch

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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.

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

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

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

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

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

t - 12 minutes

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

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

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

Jason-1 Poster

Radiometer Rework - April 2007

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

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

Jason-3

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-1 launch images