Objectives and Applications
3-year nominal mission lifetime, 5-year extended lifetime. Physical oceanography, geodesy/gravity, climate monitoring, marine meteorology.
Full Name
Jason-3
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
17 Jan 2016
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
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
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AMR - Advanced Microwave Radiometer |
| DGXX-S - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-New Generation XX-S |
| 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) |