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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Jason-3 -

Full Name

Jason-3

Status

Operational (extended)

Mission Agencies

EUMETSAT , NOAA , CNES , NASA

Launch Date

17 Jan 2016

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Oct 2025

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

1343 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