NOAA 2008 Accomplishments

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NOAA 2008 Accomplishments Mary Kicza NOAA

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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NOAA 2008Accomplishments

Mary KiczaNOAA

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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

2008 Accomplishments

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Jason-2/OSTM Launch Vandenberg, CA

June 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

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Jason-3 … Joint NOAA & EUMETSAT project

Proposed 2010 Start, 2013 Launch for Overlap with J-2/OSTM

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Global Sea Level Rise 1992 to 2007 From TOPEX & Jason-1 Satellite Radar Altimeters

NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry