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28.01.2016 17-23 January 2016 week

La Méditerranée est proche du « burn-out » (Le Monde, 2016/01/19)
Jason-3 reaches orbit, will monitor global sea-level rise, hurricane intensity ( NOAA, 2016/01/17)
Jason-3 successfully launched (Eumetsat,...[more]
22.01.2016 Jason-3 mission returns first data

Jason-3 was successfully launched Sunday 17 January. All the instruments were rapidly switched on. The first real-time Jason-3 data product was generated and compared with Jason-2, less than three days after launch.[more]
19.01.2016 Jason-3 altimeter first waveforms
The Jason-3 altimeter has provided its first waveforms and the analysis confirm the good behavior of the instrument.
19.01.2016 Jason-3 altimeter first calibrations
The Poseidon-3 altimeter has provided its first calibrations data and everything is inline with specifications.
19.01.2016 Jason-3 DORIS instrument provides real time ephemeris
The DIODE software onboard Jason-3 DORIS instrument provides real time ephemeris since yesterday around noon. The data quality was impacted by the satellite attitude law (so-called barbecue) but since today Jason-3 is using a...[more]
19.01.2016 Ocean Odyssey

"Altimetry applications in videos" produced by Cnes on the occasion of the Jason-3 launch, traces the many fields where this technique is involved and the roles of agencies.
18.01.2016 Jason-3 mission successfully launched

Jason-3 was successfully launched Sunday 17 January at 18:42 UTC from Vandenberg, California. The satellite is now under control of teams at CNESâs Toulouse Space Centre in charge of powering up the bus and payload.[more]