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OSTM/Jason-2
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jason-2, Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network - 2, Ocean Surface Topography Mission, Jason 2
OSTM/Jason-2, or Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, was an international Earth observation satellite altimeter joint mission for sea surface height measurements between NASA and CNES. It was the third satellite in a series started in 1992 by the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon mission and continued by the NASA/CNES Jason-1 mission launched in 2001.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Ocean Surface Topography Mission / Jason-2
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Jason-2Ocean Surface Topography MissionOSTM
- Spaceflight.image
- OSTM-06.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Artist's interpretation of the OSTM/Jason-2 satellite
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 290px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Oceanography mission
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA, NOAA, CNES, EUMETSAT
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2008-032A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 33105
- Spaceflight.website
- Ocean Surface Topography from Space
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 3 years (planned) (achieved)
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- Proteus
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Spaceflight.power
- 500 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 20 June 2008, 07:46:25 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Delta II 7320-10C(Delta D334)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Vandenberg, SLC-2W
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- United Launch Alliance
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- artificial satellite of the Earth
- Part of
- Jason
- Named after
- Jason
- Country
- France
- Operator
- CNES
- Followed by
- Jason-3
- Follows
- Jason-1
- Mass
- 525
- Official website
- sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ostm-jason-2/summary
- Image
- OSTM Jason 2 spacecraft model.png
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- Commons category
- Ocean Surface Topography Mission
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2008-06-20
- space launch vehicle
- Delta II
- launch contractor
- United Launch Alliance
- spacecraft bus
- PROTEUS
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- service life
- 11.3
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- service retirement
- 2019-10-01
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Science objectives
- Ocean altimetry
- Atomic clock synchronization
- Joint effort
- Prior similar missions
- Data use and benefits
- End of mission
- Future
- See also
- References
- External links
OSTM/Jason-2, or Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, was an international Earth observation satellite altimeter joint mission for sea surface height measurements between NASA and CNES. It was the third satellite in a series started in 1992 by the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon mission and continued by the NASA/CNES Jason-1 mission launched in 2001.
== History == Like its two predecessors, OSTM/Jason-2 used high-precision ocean altimetry to measure the distance between the satellite and the ocean surface to within a few centimeters. These very accurate observations of variations in sea surface height — also known as ocean topography — provide information about global sea level, the speed and direction of ocean currents, and heat stored in the ocean.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “OSTM/Jason-2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.