Payload
JASON-3
Partially operationalPayloadLEO
JASON-3 is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/NOAA/EUMETSAT payload satellite, launched on January 17, 2016 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 17, 2016 at 06:42 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 v1.1 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Jason 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,318 km
- Periapsis
- 1,304 km
- Inclination
- 66.04°
- Orbital period
- 111.83 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/NOAA/EUMETSAT
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 553 kg
- Dry mass
- 510 kg
- Power
- 500 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-002A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41240
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.7109 m²
- Status
- Partially operational