The joint NASA/Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales TOPEX/Poseidon oceanography satellite ceased operations after nearly 62,000 orbits of Earth. The spacecraft lost its ability to maneuver, bringing to ...
Satellites that were designed to measure sea level over the world's oceans can serve a valuable purpose over land, a new study has found. Researchers used NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite and the ...
changes. The mission can even track ocean debris. Jason, TOPEX/Poseidon’s follow-on, was launched December 7, 2001, carrying updated versions of the same instruments. That joint U.S.- French mission, ...