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RE: Jason-3 oceanography satellite

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Great launch of the Falcon-9 through the fog from Vandenberg AFB CA; will tweet when orbital TLEs are posted; https://t.co/hP3uiL5UVz
David Dickinson (@Astroguyz) January 17, 2016

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The Science of Jason-3

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At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Flight Readiness Review for the Jason-3 mission is complete. At its conclusion on Friday evening, managers determined that work should proceed toward a launch on Sunday, Jan. 17. [2016]
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NASA Selects Launch Services Contract for Jason-3 Mission

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Jason-3 spacecraft in December 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 v1.0 rocket from Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Thales Alenia Space to built Jason-3 operational oceanographic satellite

Thales Alenia Space announced to have signed with French Space Agency (CNES), the contract to build the Jason-3 satellite.
The Jason-3 operational oceanographic mission involves a quadripartite collaboration between the two meteorological organizations Eumetsat and NOAA, acting as the leaders of the program, and CNES and its American counterpart NASA.
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Jason-3 sea-surface height mission secures funds

Europe has committed to build the next Jason altimeter spacecraft to monitor the behaviour of the world's oceans.
The decision should guarantee the continuation of a remarkable 18-year record of sea-surface shape until late in the decade.
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