Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
18:42:18
Sunday January 17, 2016
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First West Coast landing attempt of Falcon 9. While the vehicle touched down on droneship Just Read The Instructions, one of the four landing legs failed to lock in place, and the vehicle tipped over and exploded as a result. The final flight of Falcon 9 v1.1
Jason-3 is partnered with the European Organisation for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMESTAT), and National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and is an international cooperative mission in which NOAA is partnering with the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES, France's governmental space agency). The satellite's mission is to supply data for scientific, commercial, and practical applications to sea level rise, sea surface temperature, ocean temperature circulation, and climate change. Jason-3 .
Polar Orbit
1 Payload
553 kilograms
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$56.50 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 68.4m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 13,150 kg
GTO: 4,850 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,885 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
21st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2016
26th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2016
2nd
Orbital launch attempt