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17.01.2016 2 hours to GO : everything is nominal
Satellite, launcher and ground segment have all a nominal behavtor toward a launch of Jasno-3 in about 2 hours from now[more]
17.01.2016 Jason-3 Launch Timeline
About 154 seconds after the Falcon-9 rocket lifts off, the main engine will cut off. About three seconds after that, the rocket's first stage will separate. Second-stage ignition will follow in about eight seconds. Half a minute...[more]
17.01.2016 Jason-3 mission on NASA Tv.
During a Jan. 15 briefing on NASA Television, panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission – scheduled to launch on Jan. 17 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Jason-3 is the newest in a series of satellites...[more]
17.01.2016 Jason-3 on top of the SpaceX launcher.
Falcon 9 is poised for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base with the Jason-3 ocean altimetry satellite aboard. [more]
16.01.2016 Jason-3 Launch Readiness Review successful!
Launch Readiness Review has been successfully held on Jan 15th in Vandenberg. The operations continue toward a launch in just less than 24 hours. Falcon9 was nominally rolled to the launch pad on Jan 15th (PST time), and has been...[more]
16.01.2016 Jason-3: D-1 before the launch !
All activities are going smoothly, the Launch Readiness Review will be performed today in Vandenberg. We are now about less than 30 hours before the Jason-3 lift-off. [more]
15.01.2016 DORIS the space surveyor serving the ITRF
The DORIS system (Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite), conceived and developed by CNES, France’s national mapping, survey and forestry agency IGN and the French space geodesy research centre GRGS,...[more]
