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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
07:46:00
Friday June 20, 2008
OSTM/Jason-2, or the Ocean Surface Topography Mission on the Jason-2 satellite, is an international Earth observation satellite mission that continues the sea surface height measurements begun in 1992 by the joint NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon mission and followed by the NASA/CNES Jason-1 mission launched in 2001.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
510 kilograms
Agency
ULARocket
Height: 38.9m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 2,703 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,533 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 8.9m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
3
137th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2008
19th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2008
32nd
Orbital launch attempt