days Planned from Not 3 10-14 years 90 launched 2029 India RISAT SAR 1 536.38 97.6 1 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Russia MINI-RSA SAR 1 400.6/409.6 51.64 1 Planned Up to 7 years 258.95 17.78 124.40 29.09.16 07:56:33 4Q 2017 GMT+2 ISS) GEO-IK-2 Altimeter 3 1000 99.4 1 06/2016 no limit in TBD TBD TBD TBD time (Note 3) 2 Planned TBD TBD TBD TBD no limit in time 2017 3 TBD no limit in TBD TBD TBD TBD time Altimeters 13 Scatterometers 8 TOTAL SAR 14 TOTAL 35 Note 1: Only 21-day repeat science orbit (890.6 km altitude) is shown; the 1-day repeat orbit” has a 857.2 km altitude orbit. “fast-sampling Note 2: starting the week of 3 October 2016 Jason-2 will be moved to an 'interleaved' orbit, ~160° different from Jason-3, to split the ground track and separate them by about 1/2 of the repeat cycle (5 of the ~10 days). The inclination and altitude will be the same, but not the phase. Satellites of the constellation use different orbital planes, are separated by 120°. Note 3:
days from 3 Planned 2029 10-14 years 90 Not launched India RISAT SAR 1 536.38 97.6 1 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Russia MINI-RSA ISS) SAR 1 400.6/409.6 51.64 1 Planned 4Q 2017 Up to 7 years 258.95 17.78 124.40 29.09.16 07:56:33 GMT+2 GEO-IK-2 (Note 3) Altimeter 3 1000 99.4 1 06/2016 no limit in time TBD TBD TBD TBD 2 Planned 2017 no limit in time TBD TBD TBD TBD 3 TBD no limit in time TBD TBD TBD TBD TOTAL Altimeters 13 Scatterometers 8 SAR 14 TOTAL 35 Note 1: Only 21-day repeat science orbit (890.6 km altitude) is shown; the 1-day repeat “fast-sampling orbit” has a 857.2 km altitude orbit. Note 2: starting the week of 3 October 2016 Jason-2 will be moved to an 'interleaved' orbit, ~160° different from Jason-3, to split the ground track and separate them by about 1/2 of the repeat cycle (5 of the ~10 days). The inclination and altitude will be the same, but not the phase. Note 3: Satellites of the constellation use different orbital planes, are separated by 120°.
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