OSTM (Jason-2) Mission

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.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Ocean Surface Topography Mission
aka Jason-2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NASA, EUMETSAT, NOAA
Launch Date
20 Jun 2008
Mission Links
mission site | data access portal
EOL Date
10 Oct 2019
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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 #
33105
International Designator
2008-032A

Mission Instruments

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)

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields AMR
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements GPSP, LRA, POSEIDON-3
LandLandscape topography POSEIDON-3
OceanOcean topography/currents AMR, GPSP, LRA, POSEIDON-3
Ocean surface winds POSEIDON-3
Ocean wave height and spectrum POSEIDON-3

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