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29.03.2013 08:31 Age: 12 yrs
[Jason-2] Restart of core mission
Category: Operational news
On 2013/03/29, the POSEIDON3 altimeter has been switched on.
The Jason-2 satellite is again operational.
On 2013/03/29, at 17:48z, the POSEIDON3 altimeter has been switched on; 2 hours after, AMR radiometer and precise GPS were also enabled (around 19:34z and 19:37z respectivelly) allowing the mission to restart nominally .
The Jason-2 mission was interrupted during Cycle 174. Cycle 174 will be impacted approximatively from passes 43 to 164.
I suppose that all of you will join my thanks to the CNES and NOAA OPS teams for this quick and successfull recovery.
Thierry Guinle - CNES
on behalf EUMETSAT-NOAA-CNES-JPL Project Managers
