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dorismail               18-Jan-2016 16:56:59 Message No 1002
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Author: "Lemoine, Frank G. (GSFC-6980)" <frank.g.lemoine@nasa.gov>
Subject: Jason-3 successfully launched, January 17, 2016.


(Message sent by the OSTST Project Scientists)

The Jason-3 spacecraft has been successfully launched from=20
Vandenberg Air Force Base (California, U.S.A) yesterday at 18:42 UTC,=20
January 17, 2016. Satellite separation from the launcher and solar array de=
ployment=20
were performed about one hour later. The spacecraft was launched with good =
precision on its
injection orbit, and the Earth terminal network is working smoothly.=20
Initial telemetry reports show that all systems are in excellent health.

Since the launch, flight operations have been performed nominally.=20
The CNES DORIS instrument was turned on this morning (January 18) at 05:40 =
UTC.
The altimeter will be switched ON tomorrow (January 19) at 16:10 UTC and th=
e AMR (Advanced Microwave
Radiometer) and GPSP  (GPS Receiver) on Tuesday morning.

 The final orbit is expected to be reached 18 days after launch,=20
with the beginning of cycle-0 on February 4th.    Soon thereafter we hope t=
o release=20
near real-time OGDR (Operational Geophysical Data Records) data to the Jaso=
n-3 PIs.

Congratulations to the Jason-3 teams at CNES, NASA, JPL, EUMETSAT & NOAA, a=
nd of course to Space-X and Thales Alenia!

On behalf of the Jason-3 Project Scientists,

Josh Willis, Pascal Bonnefond, Remko Scharroo & John Lillibridge

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