Image: Jason-3 satellite launches
![Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Image: Jason-3 satellite launches](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2016/1-imagejason3s.jpg)
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen as it launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4 East with the Jason-3 spacecraft onboard, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Jason-3, an international mission led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will help continue U.S.-European satellite measurements of global ocean height changes.
Provided by NASA