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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Jason-1 -

Full Name

Jason-1

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

NASA , CNES

Launch Date

09 Dec 2001

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

03 Jul 2013

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

26997 (TLE)

International Designator

2001-055A

Orbit Type

Inclined, non-sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

112.4 minutes

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

66 deg

Orbit Altitude

1336 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

10 days

Objectives and Applications

3-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Physical oceanography, geodesy/gravity, climate monitoring, marine meteorology.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	JMR
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	DORIS-NG, LRA, POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2), TRSR
Land	Landscape topography	POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2)
Ocean	Ocean topography/currents	DORIS-NG, JMR, LRA, POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2), TRSR
	Ocean surface winds	POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2)
	Ocean wave height and spectrum	JMR, POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2)