| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Jason 2 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA/France |
| Operator/Owner | NASA/Centre National d´Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/NOAA/EUMETSAT |
| Users | Government |
| Purpose | Earth Science |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | Intermediate |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 1332 |
| Apogee (km) | 1344 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000778412039439543 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 66 |
| Period (minutes) | 112.4 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 553 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 510 |
| Power (watts) | 500 |
| Date of Launch | 20-06-2008 |
| Expected Lifetime | 5 yrs. |
| Contractor | Thales Alenia Space |
| Country of Contractor | France |
| Launch Site | Vandenberg AFB |
| Launch Vehicle | Delta 2 |
| COSPAR Number | 2008-032A |
| NORAD Number | 33105 |
| Comments | Monitor sea surface level and wave heights. |