This week, NOAA officially assumed control of the Jason-3 satellite, the latest in a series of spacecraft that measure the surface height of the global ocean, monitor the rate of sea-level rise and help NOAA’s National Weather Service more accurately forecast the strength of tropical cyclones that threaten America’s coasts.
![Jason-3, NOAA's new global ocean satellite (Image credit: NOAA) Jason-3, NOAA's new global ocean satellite](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20Jason-3%20rendering%20-%2001292016%20-%201120x534%20-%20landscape.jpg?itok=ElguXqtR)
Jason-3, NOAA's new global ocean satellite (Image credit: NOAA)