Jason Ocean-height Sats Reach Final Operating Positions
Credit: Jason-2: JPL
Controllers have maneuvered the Jason-2 spacecraft into an orbital slot 162 deg. away from the new Jason-3 satellite, giving weather forecasters and climate researchers a one-two punch as they keep track of ocean-surface height in tropical storms and sea-level rise caused by global warming. The two...
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