Topic: Jason-2 Inclination Maneuvers February 5, 2018

Date Issued: January 30, 2018 - 1945Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Jason-2 Operational Geophysical Data Records (OGDRs)

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 5, 2018 00h54m34sZ

Date/Time of Expected End: February 5, 2018 06h39m57sZ

Length of Event: Approximately 6 hours

Details/Specifics of Change:

A Jason-2 inclination maneuver is scheduled for 5-February-2018. The first burn will occur at 00h54m34s Di = -0.0185\xB0 with a duration of 584.5s Dv 2.325m/s. The second burn will occur at 06h30m00s Di = +0.0185\xB0 with a duration of 596.75s Dv 2.325m/s. The maneuvers will be performed mostly, but not completely, over land. Telemetry during the maneuvers (~10 minutes each) will be unusable. Sea surface height measurements from telemetry between the two maneuvers (~5.5 hours) is expected to be degraded. In addition, products could be impacted 30 minutes before the first maneuver and up to 2 hours following the second maneuver. Wind and wave content in the products will not be impacted.
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