Sunday, February 25, 2018

Jason 3

 2016-002A


NOAA/EUMETSAT operational mission with JPL and CNES support. CNES to perform early orbit ops. Thales Proteus; replacing Jason-2 with almost identical satellite. It measures both ocean surface and local wave height and is being used to study El Nino and other global climate phenomena.


Jason-3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2016 Jan 17  1842:18  Launch by Falcon 9 v1.1  V SLC4E 
 1844:48? Stage 1 MECO 
 1844:54 Stage 1 sep 
 1845:03 Stage 2 burn 
 1845:33  Fairing 
  Stage 1 boostback 
  Stage 1 entry 
 1851:18 Stage 2 MECO-1 175 x 1321 x 66 
 1851 Stage 1 landing attempt on JRTI  
  Landing leg locking failure 
 1937:24  MES-2 T+55:06 12s or 6s? 
 1937:30?  MECO-2  1305 x 1320 x 66  
 1938:06 Stage 2 sep 
 2024? MES-3 
 2024? MECO-3 
 2030?  Stage 2 deorbit over Pacific circa 158W 30N? 

Payload:

  • Poseidon-3B altimeter (CNES)

  • AMR microwave radiometer (JPL)

  • DORIS (CNES)

  • GPSP GPS Payload receiver

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