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[PRESS] Jason-2 altimetry satellite...
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...
News Observation Specialist publicOctober 4, 2019 -
Jason-2 transferred to a lower orbit
Orbit transfer operations were carried out by CNES Toulouse Space Centre teams and took place between 3 and 9 July 2017. Jason-2 now operates on a 1,309 km high orbit.
News ObservationJuly 13, 2017 -
Press Release: Readying for the UNISPACE+50...
The first High-Level Forum on ‘Space as a driver for socio-economic sustainable development’, organized by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in the run-up...
News ObservationNovember 22, 2016 -
Jason-3 in orbit: the ocean odyssey continues
Jason-3 was successfully launched Sunday 17 January from Vandenberg Air Force Base in the United States. The oceanography satellite is now under the control of CNES’s engineers in...
News Observation, Sciences General public, InstitutionalJanuary 17, 2016 -
El Niño: satellites see red
The wild child of the Pacific is shaping up to be a monster this winter, comparable to the 1997-1998 episode and possibly even worse. The story in pictures.
News Observation General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 1, 2015 -
2010: T2L2, first time transfer by laser link
2010 T2L2: FIRST TIME TRANSFER BY LASER LINK
News Sciences Science and technologySeptember 5, 2011 -
Measuring time to the thousand-billionth of a...
Since 7 June 2010, the Paris Observatory and Côte d’Azur Observatory have been firing lasers into space—more specifically at the T2L2 instrument on the Jason-2 satellite. The...
News SciencesJune 29, 2010 -
Surveying Earth’s oceans: Jason-1 and Jason-2...
After a 6-month cross-calibration phase, Jason-2 has been moved into the orbit of its predecessor Jason-1. The 2 ocean-observing satellites will now fly in tandem on parallel...
News Observation InstitutionalFebruary 24, 2009 -
T2L2 ready to put Einstein’s theory to the test
The T2L2 instrument on board Jason-2 is working well after a 1st series of tests to compare the DORIS instrument’s clock with atomic clocks here on Earth. Scientists are...
News ObservationNovember 6, 2008 -
Jason-2 all set to take satellite altimetry into...
After 4 months of in-orbit commissioning, Jason-2 has entered the operational phase of its mission. The new ocean-observing satellite offers many improvements compared to its...
News Sciences InstitutionalOctober 29, 2008 -
Jason-2 delivers its first global maps
The first global ocean maps delivered by Jason-2 compare very closely to those obtained by its predecessor Jason-1. A real bonus for the teams calibrating the satellite’s...
News Observation InstitutionalAugust 7, 2008 -
Toulouse takes the pulse of Jason-2
During the night of 3-4 July, the Jason-2 oceanography satellite reached its final operational orbit at an altitude of 1,336 km. Positioning operations were conducted from the...
News Observation InstitutionalAugust 6, 2008 -
T2L2 hitches a ride on Jason-2
Three passenger instruments on Jason-2, the ocean surface topography satellite launched 20 June, won’t be measuring sea-surface height. One of them is the Time Transfer by Laser...
News SciencesJuly 15, 2008 -
Jason-2: a family affair
Jason-2’s main mission is to take over from its predecessor Jason-1 and assure data continuity. But the latest in the series of oceanography satellites is also carrying some new...
News Observation InstitutionalMay 27, 2008
