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
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields JMR
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements DORIS-NG, LRA, POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2), TRSR
LandLandscape topography POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2)
OceanOcean 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-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
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 53 )
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 ...

Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 16 results: browser , table )
ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Level_cci): New network of virtual altimetry stations f...
ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Level_cci): Oceanic Indicators of Mean Sea Level Change...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: The global mean level of the oceans is one of the most important indicators of...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Ananlyses of the Global mean sea level change, ocean circulation, sea level ri...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: The global mean level of the oceans is one of the most important indicators of...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: The global mean level of the oceans is one of the most important indicators of...
ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Level_cci): Fundamental Climate Data Records of sea lev...
ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Level_cci): Time series of gridded Sea Level Anomalies ...
ESA Lakes Climate Change Initiative (Lakes_cci): Lake products, Version 1.1
ESA Lakes Climate Change Initiative (Lakes_cci): Lake products, Version 1.0

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