Jason-3

Jason-3
	Artist's impression of the Jason-3 satellite
Mission type	Oceanography mission
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, 9 months and 23 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Bus	Proteus
Manufacturer	Thales Alenia Space
Launch mass	553 kg (1,219 lb)
Dry mass	525 kg (1,157 lb)
Power	550 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	17 January 2016, 18:42:18 UTC
Rocket	Falcon 9 v1.1
Launch site	Vandenberg, SLC-4E
Contractor	SpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
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
Instruments
	Poseidon-3B Altimeter
AMR-2	Advanced Microwave Radiometer-2 (AMR)
DORIS	Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS)
GPSP	Global Positioning System Payload
LRA	Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA)
CARMEN-3	Characterization and Modeling of Environment-3
LPT	Light Particle Telescope
	Jason satellite series ← OSTM/Jason-2 Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich →

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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