Objectives and Applications
3-year nominal mission life. Physical oceanography, geodesy/gravity, climate monitoring, marine meteorology. Long-Repeat Orbit geodetic mission phase from July 2016 to December 2019.
Full Name
Ocean Surface Topography Mission
aka Jason-2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
20 Jun 2008
Mission Links
EOL Date
10 Oct 2019
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
111.8 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
66.05 deg
Orbit Altitude
1309 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
371 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AMR - Advanced Microwave Radiometer |
DGXX - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-New Generation XX |
GPSP - Global Positioning System Payload |
LRA - Laser Retroreflector Array |
POSEIDON-3 - Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter) |
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