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Jason 2/OSTM mission ends after 11 successful years

Submit on Sunday, October 6th, 2019 22:58

The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed to measure sea surface height, successfully ended its science mission on 1 October. NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft’s power system.

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