Last Boeing Delta 2 For 2001 Will Launch An Argonaut

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This image shows an artist's concept of the Jason-1 satellite next to an image of Earth with color-coded sea-surface height data of the type that will be produced by Jason-1. The colored data shown here are from the TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite, a highly successful precursor mission to Jason-1. In 2000, Jason-1 will be launched on a three- to five-year mission that will extend the recordof highly accurate sea-level measurements into timescales that allow for interdecadal studies. This information is crucial to our understanding of Earth's weather and climate. During the Jason-1 mission, it is anticipated that further applications of altimeter data will be discovered, and that applications developed using TOPEX/POSEIDON data that are currently in a testing phase will mature to a point at which they become part of routine operations.

Seal Beach - Dec. 3, 2001
A Boeing Delta rocket is poised to thunder into the skies over Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to launch NASA's Jason-1 and TIMED spacecraft. The launch, scheduled for 7:07 a.m. PST on Dec. 7, 2001 from Space Launch Complex 2W, will be the last of seven Boeing Delta launches this year.

"This mission illustrates the continuing Delta legacy," said Joy Bryant, Boeing director of NASA expendable launch programs. "We've come a long way because of our commitment to success. "We will again demonstrate that commitment to ensure that Jason-1 and TIMED satellites safely reach their proper orbits."

For this mission, the rocket will feature a 10-foot composite fairing and a dual-payload attach fitting for deployment.

Jason-1 is a mission to monitor global ocean circulation, study the link between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate predictions and monitor events such as El Nino. Jason-1 is a joint effort between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena Calif., and the French Space Agency, CNES.

TIMED, the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics satellite, will explore the least understood region of the Earth's atmosphere, the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere/Ionosphere.

This mission will help scientists better understand this atmospheric region's effects on a number of areas including communications, satellite tracking and spacecraft lifetimes.

TIMED is a joint effort between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center located in Greenbelt, Md., and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.

This year, Boeing has already successfully launched a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force, an advanced technology demonstration satellite called GeoLITE for National Reconnaissance Office, NASA's Mars Odyssey, MAP and Genesis spacecraft, and the world's most advance digital imaging satellite, DigitalGlobe's Quickbird.

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Jason 1: The 21st Century Argonaut

Pasadena July 31, 2001
The Jason 1 satellite, a joint project of NASA and CNES, the French space agency, arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., today to begin final preparations for launch no earlier than Sept. 15.

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