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OSTM/Jason-2

international Earth observation satellite mission
Vehicle earth_observation_satellite Q2658896

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
Earth observation satellite, artificial satellite of the Earth[4]
Country
United States, France[2][3]
Follows
Jason-1[10]
Followed by
Jason-3[11]
Official website
sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov
Website
sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov
Launch date
2008-06-20
Part of
Jason[13]
Launch contractor
United Launch Alliance
Launch vehicle
Delta II
Manufacturer
Alcatel Alenia Space[12]
Mass
553 kg, 525 kg
Named after
Jason[9]
Operator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, EUMETSAT, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CNES[5][6][7][8]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array[15]
Satellite of
low Earth orbit
Service life
3 year, 11.3 year
Service retirement
October 1, 2019[19]
Significant event
rocket launch, service retirement, spacecraft decommissioning[20]
Space launch vehicle
Delta II[14]
Spacecraft bus
PROTEUS[18]
Start point
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 West
Type of orbit
low Earth orbit[16]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
June 20, 2008[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ocean Surface Topography Mission en OSTM/Jason-2 en Jason 2 en Jason-2 en Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network - 2 de Jason-2 de OSTM fa مأموریت مکان‌نگاری سطح اقیانوس ja ジェイソン2 ru Джейсон-2 zh 傑森衛星高度計
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
OSTM Jason 2 spacecraft model.png ↗
COSPAR ID
2008-032A
Freebase ID
/m/02vt0wj
NSSDCA ID
2008-032A
SCN
33105
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "33105"]

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🔗 Connections
Operator 4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, CNES, EUMETSAT
Country 2
France, United States
Instance of 2
Earth observation satellite, artificial satellite of the Earth
Belongs to 1
Jason
Followed by 1
Jason-3
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Jason-3
Follows 1
Jason-1
Launch contractor 1
United Launch Alliance
Named after 1
Jason
Part of 1
Jason
Powered by 1
spacecraft solar array
Preceded by (successor) 1
Jason-1
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space launch vehicle 1
Delta II
Spacecraft bus 1
PROTEUS
Type of orbit 1
low Earth orbit
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Summary

OSTM/Jason-2 is an Earth observation satellite[1].

Related Entities

artificial satellite of the Earth CNES Delta II Earth observation satellite France Jason Jason-1 Jason-3 PROTEUS United Launch Alliance United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . space.oscar.wmo.int. space.oscar.wmo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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