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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, OSTM/Jason-2 is referenced by 512 other articles, and connects out to El Niño southern oscillation, Ekman transport and Ocean surface topography.
Vinony files it under CNES, Earth observation satellites of France and Earth satellite radar altimeters.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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.