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 ...

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, ...