JASON

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JASON is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 26997

Int'l Code: 2001-055A

Perigee: 1,327.3 km

Apogee: 1,337.9 km

Inclination: 66.0 °

Period: 112.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 7703 km

RCS: 3.3256 m² (large)

Launch date: December 7, 2001
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Jason 1 is an American-French (NASA-CNES) oceanographic satellite. It is intended to supplement and extend the TOPEX-Poseidon mission results by monitoring the sea surface level and wave heights. The 500 kg, 1.0 kW, triaxially stabilized spacecraft carries five instruments. The main observation/experiment is done by the altimeters; the four other instruments merely provide auxiliary data to correct and refine the altimeter data.

1 26997U 01055A   21269.25578178 -.00000068  00000-0 -27551-4 0  9997
2 26997  66.0389  76.9114 0006865 276.1927 256.3315 12.84001185927164

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC