Long-running Jason-1 ocean satellite takes final bow
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 3 July, 2013
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The curtain has come down on a superstar of the satellite oceanography world that played the "Great Blue Way" of the world's ocean for 11-1/2 years. The successful joint NASA and Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Jason-1 ocean altimetry satellite was decommissioned this week following the loss of its last remaining transmitter....