About the project

Jason-3 mission now approved

The last of the four partners in the proposed Jason-3 mission has now given aproval for the Jason-3 mission. This will be the follow-on to the extremely successful TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 missions.

Launch is expected to be in 2013/2014.

GFO mission comes to an end.

The GFO (GEOSAT Follow On) mission has now come to an end. On the 25^th of November, 2008 we were advised that an extra burn had been completed and that fuel was fully depleted before completion of a maximum burn period. Altitude was reduced to below that required to enable atmospheric re-entry within 25 years which is the de-orbit requirement. Commands were sent to safe the satellite (deplete batteries, turn off transmitters, etc.). GFO is now just a life-less mass in space.

It is expected that the US Navy will be launching a GFO follow on in the near future.

Jason-2 (the follow-on mission to Jason-1) was successfully launched on the 20th of June, 2008.

Click here for more information about the Jason-2 mission (external link)

[August 2007] The Tasmanian State Government released an updated report on Tasmanian Coastal Vulnerability, 2nd edition, (the "Sharples" report).

The French Transportable Laser Ranging System (FTLRS) was deployed in Burnie from the 1^st of December 2007 to the 18^th of April 2008. The data is currently being worked on. The picture shows the FTLRS installed in Corsica (click image for larger view)

The World Climate Research Programme held a workshop on Understanding sea level Rise and Variability in Paris in 2006. See the conference statement for a brief summary.