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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

Country

Related business

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (FR)

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 (10 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, 15.7 m

Radar Cross Section

12.823 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

0 JASON 3
1 41240U 16002A   26171.42010391 -.00000038  00000-0  96061-4 0  9995
2 41240  66.0406 119.0381 0008478 272.6497  87.3551 12.87628140487661

Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:04Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:04:56.977Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

59.16568°

Altitude

1,312.573 km

Speed

7.201 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 56m 09s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:35:08

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,316.027 km

Perigee altitude

1,302.992 km

Semi-major axis

7,687.647 km

Eccentricity

0.00085

Inclination

66.0406°

RAAN

119.0381°

Arg. of periapsis

272.6497°

True anomaly

87.45215°

Mean anomaly

87.3551°

Eccentric anomaly

87.40363°

Mean motion

3.21998 °/min

Orbital period

111.8 mins

BSTAR

0.000096061

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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.
9 mins	2026-06-22 19:59:06.564Z	136.58° SSE	2026-06-22 20:03:06.564Z	105.492° ESE	16.464°	2026-06-22 20:08:06.564Z	65.601° ENE
14 mins	2026-06-22 21:51:06.564Z	207.638° SW	2026-06-22 21:58:06.564Z	34.253° NE	44.848°	2026-06-22 22:05:06.564Z	30.416° NE
11 mins	2026-06-22 23:49:06.564Z	275.65° WNW	2026-06-22 23:54:06.564Z	320.219° NNW	22.518°	2026-06-23 00:00:06.564Z	11.162° NNE
5 mins	2026-06-23 03:51:06.564Z	6.97° NNE	2026-06-23 03:53:06.564Z	22.492° NNE	12.641°	2026-06-23 03:56:06.564Z	45.269° ENE
13 mins	2026-06-23 05:45:06.564Z	346.364° N	2026-06-23 05:51:06.564Z	49.631° ENE	32.93°	2026-06-23 05:58:06.564Z	115.543° SE
13 mins	2026-06-23 07:40:06.564Z	316.589° NNW	2026-06-23 07:46:06.564Z	257.048° W	36.965°	2026-06-23 07:53:06.564Z	179.628° S

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JASON 3, 41240

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:04:56.977Z)

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Orbital elements

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

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