Objectives and Applications
3-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Physical oceanography, geodesy/gravity, climate monitoring, marine meteorology.
Full Name
Jason-1
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
09 Dec 2001
Mission Links
EOL Date
03 Jul 2013
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
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
DORIS-NG - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-New Generation |
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 |