JASON 2

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JASON 2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 33105

Int'l Code: 2008-032A

Perigee: 1,311.6 km

Apogee: 1,324.6 km

Inclination: 66.0 °

Period: 111.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7689 km

RCS: 2.972 m² (large)

Launch date: June 20, 2008
Source: France (FR)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Jason 2 carries a suite of instruments built by U.S. and French scientists to measure the distance between the orbiting spacecraft and the ocean surface. Scientists expect a precision of between one and two inches. Researchers will incorporate real-time data from Jason 2 into their computer models to improve weather and ocean forecasts on scales ranging from a few days to more than a year.

1 33105U 08032A   19138.90129021 -.00000081  00000-0 -72854-4 0  9992
2 33105  66.0411  88.8707 0008429 272.6207 160.6097 12.87632259510807

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC