NASA’s new technology for Jan 17, 2016

By Anne Gervin — January 18, 2016

Hoping to assist scientists in monitoring changes on earth,
NASA launches a new satellite system… Jason3
to look at Weather Systems and Sea Levels, important to NOAA.
( hoping to be able to predict large-scale climate phenomena like El Nino months in advance )

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST; 1842 GMT) Sunday, January 17, 2016

JANUARY 2016 UPDATES Available here:
https://spaceflightnow.com/tag/jason-3/