CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- OSTM (Jason-2)
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Full Name
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Ocean Surface Topography Mission
aka Jason-2
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA , EUMETSAT , NOAA
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Launch Date
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20 Jun 2008
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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10 Oct 2019
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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33105 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2008-032A
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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111.8 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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66.05 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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1309 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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371 days
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Objectives and Applications
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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.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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