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JASON-3

NORAD 41240 · Payload · In orbit since 2016

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Launched
2016-01-17 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
553 kg
Size
3.7 × 1.9 m · 9.7 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,305 × 1,317 km
Inclination
66.0°
Period
111.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0008
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).