Jason-3

Overview

A radar-altimetry mission continuing the decades-long record of global sea-surface height for oceanography and climate monitoring.

Knowledge connections

• OrbitLow Earth Orbit (LEO)
• Operated byNOAA
• Launched byFalcon 9
• Launched fromVandenberg Space Force Base

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NOAA Solar CalculatorNOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory

  Public-domain solar-position geometry: sunrise, sunset, solar noon, twilight, declination, and the equation of time.

  Public domain (US Government work).