Jason-3
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Jason-3 is a satellite altimeter created by a partnership of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), and is an international cooperative mission in which National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is partnering with the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES, French space agency). The satellite's mission is to supply data for scientific, commercial, and practical applications to sea level rise, sea surface temperature, ocean temperature circulation, and climate change.[4]
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Mission type | Oceanography mission | ||||||||||||||||
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Operator | NASA, NOAA, CNES, EUMETSAT | ||||||||||||||||
COSPAR ID | 2016-002A | ||||||||||||||||
SATCAT no. | 41240 | ||||||||||||||||
Website | https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jason-3 | ||||||||||||||||
Mission duration | 5 years (planned) 8 years, 3 months and 3 days (elapsed) | ||||||||||||||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||||
Bus | Proteus | ||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Thales Alenia Space | ||||||||||||||||
Launch mass | 553 kg (1,219 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Dry mass | 525 kg (1,157 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Power | 550 watts | ||||||||||||||||
Start of mission | |||||||||||||||||
Launch date | 17 January 2016, 18:42:18 UTC[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Rocket | Falcon 9 v1.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Launch site | Vandenberg, SLC-4E | ||||||||||||||||
Contractor | SpaceX | ||||||||||||||||
Orbital parameters | |||||||||||||||||
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Regime | Low Earth orbit | ||||||||||||||||
Perigee altitude | 1,331.7 km (827.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
Apogee altitude | 1,343.7 km (834.9 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
Inclination | 66.04° | ||||||||||||||||
Period | 112.42 minutes | ||||||||||||||||
Repeat interval | 9.92 days | ||||||||||||||||
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