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JASON-3
Ocean Surface Topography · NOAA / CNES / NASA / EUMETSAT
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Jason-3 continues a sea level record begun in 1992, measuring ocean surface height to within 3.3 cm. Three decades of combined Jason data have documented over 100 mm of sea level rise — one of the most definitive measurements of human-caused climate change made from space. Its successor data feeds the coastal flood risk models protecting the world's largest cities.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 814–822 mi (1,310–1,323 km)
- Inclination
- 66.0°
- One orbit
- 111.8 minutes12.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41240
- Int’l designator
- 2016-002A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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