Diode (Détermination Immédiate d'Orbite par Doris Embarqué: Immediate Onboard Orbit Determination by Doris) is a suite of real-time onboard orbit determination programs that processes Doppler measurements acquired by a Doris receiver on the satellite.
After more than a year in assembly, integration and testing at Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Cannes, France, for the French and U.S. space agencies CNES and NASA, the SWOT...
September 7, 2022
The ocean-observing altimetry satellite mission, Jason-2, ended on 1st October 2019 following a joint termination decision made by the four mission partners (NASA, CNES, NOAA, and...
October 4, 2019
On 20 June, the OSTM/Jason-2 mission (Ocean Surface Topography Mission) will mark its 10th year in orbit. Initially intended for a three-to-five-year mission, the satellite is...
June 21, 2018