Contents Mission history and background Mission description Spacecraft How the measurement system works Mission operations What we've learned Science data. Summary Provides a comprehensive look at the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission and satellite, which was designed to provide information about the changing topography of the world's oceans and which, in turn, helps scientists to understand the ocean's role in the global climate. The satellite, launched in August 1992 and expected to operate through at least September 1998, measures the global ocean topography every 10 days. This CD-ROM contains over an hour of digital video, audio, images, and text captions which describe everything from the impetus for the mission to the science results obtained in the first 3 years. Contains images and videos from various parts of the mission. Publication date: 1993