Thales Alenia Space Gets Jason-3 Satellite Contract

摘要

The French space agency, CNES, has contracted with Thales Alenia Space to build the U.S.-European Jason-3 ocean-al-timetry satellite, a contract that the manufacturer announced Feb. 24 will per-rnmit the spacecraft to be launched by a U.S.-provided rocket in July 2013.rnThe U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and several European organizations led by CNES and Europe's Eumetsat meteorological satellite agency have agreed to finance the construction and launch of Jason-3, and at least three years of in-orbit operations. The program's budget is estimated at 252 million euros ($341.4 million).