Category: News of the Jason-2 mission
April 29, 2008: The OSTM/Jason-2 spacecraft has just arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (USA), for final launch preparations. Designed and built jointly by  Cnes, Eumetsat, Nasa and Noaa, the OSTM/Jason-2 will begin observing from Space, thus continuing the missions  of its two predecessors, Topex/Poseidon (1992-2006) and Jason-1 (launched in 2001). The satellite was transported by road on April 10 from Thales Alenia Space, in Cannes, France, to Toulouse, France. It left Toulouse by night between the 28^th and 29^th April onto a Boeing 747 aircraft. After refueling in Boston (USA), it arrived this morning at Vandenberg. Once the satellite payload has been integrated on a Delta II launch vehicle and covered with the fairing, it will undergo the Flight Readiness Review for a projected launch on 15^th  June, 2008.

Further information:

• Missions : <link internal-link>Jason-2
• Cnes, <link http: www.cnes.fr web external-link-new-window>Jason-2 takes to the air.
• Eumetsat, <link http: www.eumetsat.int home main media press_releases external-link-new-window>Jason-2 arrives in California
• JPL, <link http: www.jpl.nasa.gov news external-link-new-window>Ocean Survey Spacecraft Arrives at Launch Site