JASON

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JASON is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 26997

Int'l Code: 2001-055A

Perigee: 1,327.1 km

Apogee: 1,338.1 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   18323.94052200 -.00000074 +00000-0 -49878-4 0  9996
2 26997 066.0394 092.0178 0007096 258.7539 216.2971 12.83995305793474

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC