Status
Success
Jason-3
Sun Jan 17, 2016 18:42 UTC
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
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
Jason-3
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 .