boundary="_000_25CDFAC1A563514A82FC2E7BD9609F2F1007E01DTWMBXP03cnesnet_" ****************************************************************************** dorismail 26-Feb-2013 10:39:12 Message No 0864 ****************************************************************************** Author: Ferrage Pascale Subject: SARAL in orbit ! --_000_25CDFAC1A563514A82FC2E7BD9609F2F1007E01DTWMBXP03cnesnet_ Dear colleagues, The Indo-French satellite SARAL was successfully launched yesterday, Februa= ry 25th, 2013 at 12:36 UTC by the India's launcher PSLV. At this time, all is nominal, all instruments have been switched ON and = have provided the first measurements. Experts processing are ongoing. Further information is available on the following web sites: http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/en/home.html and http://www.isro.org/index.as= px The satellite should reach its final orbit within one month, then the commi= ssioning phase will start. We'll let you know as soon as SARAL DORIS data will be delivered to IDS Dat= a Centers. There are now 7 flying DORIS satellites contributing to IDS : SPOT-4 and 5, Jason-1 , Jason-2 , CryoSat-2 , HY-2A, and SARAL New missions are scheduled with the following launches to come: 2014: Sentinel-3, part of ESA's contribution to GMES is for a global ocean and land monitoring mission which includes an altimetry instrument package http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMTST4KXMF_LPgmes_0.html. The first satellite is expected to be launched in 2014, and a second one several months later. 2014: Jason3, Cnes/Eumetsat/Noaa, ocean altimetry satellite will ensure continuity with Jason-2 http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/en/missions/future-missions/jason-3/index. html 2017 (pending approval) : Jason CS series 2020 (pending approval) : SWOT (Surface Water Ocean Topography), CNES/NASA, oceanography & hydrology mission We will keep you informed on the status of the mission. Best regards Pascale FERRAGE _____________________________________________________ CNES - International DORIS Service (IDS): http://ids-doris.org/ DCT/ME/OT- Bpi 612 Phone : 33 - (0)5 61 28 30 66 18, avenue Edouard Belin Fax : 33 - (0)5 61 28 25 95 31 401 TOULOUSE CEDEX 9 Email : Pascale.ferrage@cnes.fr _____________________________________________________