TOPEX/Poseidon launch

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

Jason-1: First Image

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Ariane 42P launch vehicle

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-3

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 Lithograph

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Ocean Dynamic Topography

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

Radiometer Install - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

Jason-3 Lifts Off!

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

TOPEX/Poseidon GPS

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

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

Jason-1: JMR instrument

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