OSTM/Jason-2

Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Mission Ends After 11 Successful Years

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Friday, October 4, 2019
Spacecraft, Physical oceanography, Spaceflight, Remote sensing, Oceanography, OSTM/Jason-2, Ocean surface topography, Jason-1, TOPEX/Poseidon, CNES, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Thomas Zurbuchen

NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft's power system.

Key Points: 
  • NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft's power system.
  • The mission extended the long-term record of sea surface height measurements started by the NASA-CNES TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions.
  • "Today we celebrate the end of this resoundingly successful international mission," saidThomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
  • "Jason-2/OSTM was a high point of operational satellite oceanography as the first Jason mission to formally include EUMETSAT and NOAA as partners," said Steve Volz, assistant administrator of NOAA's Satellite and Information Service.