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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Jason-3
-
Full Name
Jason-3
Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
EUMETSAT
,
NOAA
,
CNES
,
NASA
Launch Date
17 Jan 2016
Mission Links
mission site
|
data access portal
EOL Date
Mar 2021
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
41240
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2016-002A
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
112.4 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
66.05 deg
Orbit Altitude
1336 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
10 days
Objectives and Applications
3-year nominal mission lifetime, 5-year extended lifetime. Physical oceanography, geodesy/gravity, climate monitoring, marine meteorology.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
AMR
Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
DORIS-NG
,
GPSP
,
LRA
,
POSEIDON-3B Altimeter
Land
Landscape topography
POSEIDON-3B Altimeter
Ocean
Ocean topography/currents
AMR
,
DORIS-NG
,
GPSP
,
LRA
,
POSEIDON-3B Altimeter
Ocean surface winds
POSEIDON-3B Altimeter
Ocean wave height and spectrum
POSEIDON-3B Altimeter
Mission Instruments
AMR - Advanced Microwave Radiometer
DORIS-NG - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-NG
GPSP - Global Positioning System Payload
LRA - Laser Retroreflector Array
POSEIDON-3B Altimeter - Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)
OpenSearch Datasets
Selected IDN OpenSearch Results
(
search all 22
)
Global Mean Sea Level Trend from Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeters TOPEX/Poseidon Jason-1 an ...
Global Mean Sea Level Trend from Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeters TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Cumulative Sta ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Data (daily fi ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Earth Orientat ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Geocenter Time ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Satellite Orbi ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Station Positi ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Station Positi ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Weekly Station ...
Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results
(total 22 results)
Global Mean Sea Level Trend from Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeters TOPEX/Poseidon Jason-1 an ...
Global Mean Sea Level Trend from Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeters TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Cumulative Sta ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Data (daily fi ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Earth Orientat ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Geocenter Time ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Satellite Orbi ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Station Positi ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Station Positi ...
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Weekly Station ...
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