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Designator id: 2008-032A

Description of JASON 2 Satellite:

Jason 2 is a French-American ocean monitoring satellite that was launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg AFB at 07:46 UT on 20 June 2008. The 510 kg, 500 W craft carries instruments to enable derivation of sea surface levels with an accuracy of 2.5 cm. It is a cooperative mission involving the French CNES, the European EUMETSAT, and the American NOAA and NASA.

Also used by Jason 2 is the orbit determination by means of continuous monitoring of GPS transmissions. Fuller details of the mission may be seen at http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2008-06-20
Launch Vehicle: Delta II
Launch Site: Vandenberg AFB, United States

Funding Agencies:
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States)
European Meteorological Satellite Agency (International)

Disciplines:
Earth Science

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 33105U 08032A   12338.39427333 -.00000050  00000-0  46041-4 0  4705
2 33105 066.0418 322.9774 0007658 268.1209 091.8940 12.80930665208390

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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