TOPEX/Poseidon launch

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...

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).

Jason-1 launch images

Sea Surface Height

Jason-1 on top of the DPAF

TOPEX/Poseidon Poster (no text)

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

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

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Spacecraft processing

Jason-1 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

Jason-3 3D Model

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

Jason-1 atop the Delta II Photo: Tom Shain

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 ...

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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

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