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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia
Mission
Partially operational Civil Sci/Met
Bus & Motor
PROTEUS, AOCS
Mass
553 kg wet, 525 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 15.7 m
Radar Cross Section
12.823 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 19 hours ago
TLE from 19 hours ago
0 JASON 3
1 41240U 16002A 25287.95408555 -.00000025 00000-0 14531-3 0 9990
2 41240 66.0402 281.4151 0007894 266.9736 93.0379 12.87625785455679Epoch: 2025-10-14T22:53Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-14T22:53:52.991Z)
Latitude
-0.00006°
Longitude
-85.79083°
Altitude
1,313.204 km
Speed
7.201 km/s
True Right ascension
18h 45m 39s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
12:02:33
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,315.588 km
Perigee altitude
1,303.45 km
Semi-major axis
7,687.656 km
Eccentricity
0.00079
Inclination
66.0402°
RAAN
281.4151°
Arg. of periapsis
266.9736°
True anomaly
93.12823°
Mean anomaly
93.0379°
Eccentric anomaly
93.08306°
Mean motion
3.21997 °/min
Orbital period
111.8 mins
BSTAR
0.00014531
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Other satellites on launch #2 in the year 2016 (2016-01-17 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.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. |
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| 6 mins | 2025-10-15 23:16:02.936Z | 124.017° SE | 2025-10-15 23:19:02.936Z | 100.852° ESE | 13.676° | 2025-10-15 23:22:02.936Z | 77.337° E |
| 14 mins | 2025-10-16 01:07:02.936Z | 200.769° SSW | 2025-10-16 01:13:02.936Z | 132.371° SE | 44.43° | 2025-10-16 01:21:02.936Z | 32.655° NE |
| 11 mins | 2025-10-16 03:04:02.936Z | 269.385° W | 2025-10-16 03:09:02.936Z | 314.743° NW | 24.65° | 2025-10-16 03:15:02.936Z | 9.727° NNE |
| 12 mins | 2025-10-16 09:01:02.936Z | 351.041° N | 2025-10-16 09:06:02.936Z | 42.362° NE | 30.225° | 2025-10-16 09:13:02.936Z | 109.059° ESE |
| 13 mins | 2025-10-16 10:56:02.936Z | 318.294° NNW | 2025-10-16 11:02:02.936Z | 244.788° WSW | 40.029° | 2025-10-16 11:09:02.936Z | 172.501° S |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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