NORAD 41240
JASON 3
Time
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Position
- Latitude
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Speed
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From your location
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- Right ascension
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 41240
- International designator
- 2016-002A
- Launch date
- Jan 17, 2016
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 2,215.920 MHz · FSK
- Beacon
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- Mode
- FSK
Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerMode S - TM 2215.92 MHz, 2000 kHz, RHCP & LHCP, 838.861 Kbps
Transmitter · Earth Exploration · FSK
- Downlink
- 2,215.920 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 200,000
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-02 04:15:34 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 112 minutes, on an orbit tilted 66.0° from the equator, between 1,310 and 1,335 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About JASON 3
JASON 3 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jan 17, 2016 from Air Force Western Test Range.
It circles Earth every 112 minutes (12.9 times a day), between 1,305 and 1,317 km up, on an orbit tilted 66.0° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 66° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Jason-3 · international Earth observation satellite mission
- Operated by
- EUMETSAT, CNES, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Built by
- Thales Alenia Space
- Mass
- 525 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 22 days its lowest point went from 1,305 km to 1,305 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.