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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)
Mission Instruments
DORIS-NG - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-NG
JMR - JASON Microwave Radiometer
LRA - Laser Retroreflector Array
POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2) - Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)
TRSR - Turbo-Rogue Space Receiver
OpenSearch Datasets
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ADT - Absolute Dynamic Topography
CDDIS_DORIS_data_cycle
CDDIS_DORIS_products_positions
CDDIS_DORIS_products_stcd
CDDIS_GNSS_satellite_data
CDDIS_SLR_predictions
ESA Lakes Climate Change Initiative (Lakes_cci): Lake products, Version 1.0
ESA Lakes Climate Change Initiative (Lakes_cci): Lake products, Version 1.1
ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Level_cci): A database of coastal sea level anomalies a ...
ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Level_cci): Altimeter along-track high resolution sea l ...
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