Satellite · Earth observation · United States / Europe
Jason-3
Operated by NOAA.
SatellitesActiveLaunched 2016
Imagery
Integration Test of Jason-3 Advanced Microwave Radiometer Instrument
JPL technicians perform a practice run of the mechanical integration sequence that will be used to mate the Jason-3 spacecraft Advanced Microwave Radiometer instrument to the Jason-3 satellite.
2013
NASA/JPL-Caltech · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
A radar-altimetry mission continuing the decades-long record of global sea-surface height for oceanography and climate monitoring.
Knowledge connections
- OrbitLow Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Operated byNOAA
- Launched byFalcon 9
- Launched fromVandenberg Space Force Base
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NOAA Solar CalculatorNOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
Public-domain solar-position geometry: sunrise, sunset, solar noon, twilight, declination, and the equation of time.
Public domain (US Government work).