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NOAA 2008 Accomplishments. Mary Kicza NOAA. 2008 Accomplishments. Jason-2 Launch Climate Sensors Restored on Next Generation Environmental Satellites Acquisition and Operations Begin for Next Generation Geostationary Satellites NOAA GEONETCast Americas Effort Moves Forward
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NOAA 2008Accomplishments Mary Kicza NOAA
2008 Accomplishments • Jason-2 Launch • Climate Sensors Restored on Next Generation Environmental Satellites • Acquisition and Operations Begin for Next Generation Geostationary Satellites • NOAA GEONETCast Americas Effort Moves Forward • NOAA Releases First Ever Satellite Strategic Plan
Jason-2/OSTM Launch Vandenberg, CAJune 20, 2008 • Four Partner Mission • NASA, CNES, NOAA, and EUMETSAT • Currently operating in tandem mode, flying 50 seconds behind Jason-1 on same ground track • NOAA’s first oceanographic satellite
Jason-3 … Joint NOAA & EUMETSAT project Proposed 2010 Start, 2013 Launch for Overlap with J-2/OSTM
Global Sea Level Rise 1992 to 2007 From TOPEX & Jason-1 Satellite Radar Altimeters NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry