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JASON 3, 41240

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JASON 3, 41240 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Sun, 17 Jan 2016 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

41240, 2016-002A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (US)

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia

Mission

Partially operational Civil Sci/Met

Bus & Motor

PROTEUS, AOCS

Mass

553 kg wet, 525 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-01-17 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 9.7 m

Radar Cross Section

12.823 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 JASON 3
1 41240U 16002A   25196.45896525 -.00000029  00000-0  13216-3 0  9995
2 41240  66.0418 113.7764 0007914 267.8291  92.1822 12.87627334443898

Epoch: 2025-07-15T11:00Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T11:00:54.597Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

14.99574°

Altitude

1,313.108 km

Speed

7.201 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 35m 06s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-56.19073°

Longitude

-124.61448°

Altitude

1,326.217 km

Speed

7.197 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 14m 03s

Apparent Declination

-48° 39' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:11:46

Azimuth

182.476° SSW

Elevation

-81.249°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,315.597 km

Perigee altitude

1,303.429 km

Semi-major axis

7,687.65 km

Eccentricity

0.00079

Inclination

66.0418°

RAAN

113.7764°

Arg. of periapsis

267.8291°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

92.1822°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.21998 °/min

Orbital period

111.8 mins

BSTAR

0.00013216

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Other satellites on launch #2 in the year 2016 (2016-01-17 UTC)

JASON 3 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
11 mins	2025-07-15 22:25:18.205Z	277.087° WNW	2025-07-15 22:31:18.205Z	327.398° NNW	20.383°	2025-07-15 22:36:18.205Z	8.507° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-16 02:27:18.205Z	4.251° NNE	2025-07-16 02:30:18.205Z	28.063° NE	13.775°	2025-07-16 02:33:18.205Z	51.222° ENE
13 mins	2025-07-16 04:21:18.205Z	343.054° N	2025-07-16 04:27:18.205Z	43.629° NE	35.579°	2025-07-16 04:34:18.205Z	119.722° SE
12 mins	2025-07-16 06:17:18.205Z	310.656° NW	2025-07-16 06:23:18.205Z	242.759° WSW	33.605°	2025-07-16 06:29:18.205Z	186.38° SSW
11 mins	2025-07-16 18:49:18.205Z	156.694° SSE	2025-07-16 18:54:18.205Z	106.728° ESE	27.774°	2025-07-16 19:00:18.205Z	51.828° ENE
14 mins	2025-07-16 20:42:18.205Z	229.386° WSW	2025-07-16 20:49:18.205Z	309.814° NW	40.214°	2025-07-16 20:56:18.205Z	22.468° NNE

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