JASON

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NORAD ID: 26997
Int'l Code: 2001-055A
Perigee: 1,325.9 km
Apogee: 1,339.3 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.

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1 26997U 01055A   20021.39964028 -.00000073  00000-0 -45983-4 0  9995
2 26997  66.0383 279.1376 0008705 278.1419 205.2126 12.83998373848593

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC