Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite
Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), also known as Ibuki (Japanese: いぶき, Hepburn: Ibuki, meaning "breath"), is an Earth observation satellite and the world's first satellite dedicated to greenhouse gas monitoring. It measures the densities of carbon dioxide and methane from 56,000 locations on the Earth's atmosphere. The GOSAT was developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and launched on 23 January 2009, from the Tanegashima Space Center. Japan's Ministry of the Environment, and the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) use the data to track gases causing the greenhouse effect, and share the data with NASA and other international scientific organizations.
Model of GOSAT at Tsukuba Space Center Space Dome | |
| Names | Ibuki |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Environmental |
| Operator | JAXA |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-002A |
| SATCAT no. | 33492 |
| Website | global |
| Mission duration | 5 years (planned) Elapsed: 15 years, 2 months, 26 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Electric |
| Launch mass | 1,750 kilograms (3,860 lb) |
| Power | 3.8 kilowatts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 January 2009, 03:54 UTC |
| Rocket | H-IIA-202 F15 |
| Launch site | Tanegashima, Yoshinobu 1 |
| Contractor | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 674 kilometres (419 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 676 kilometres (420 mi) |
| Inclination | 98.06° |
| Period | 98.12 minutes |
| Mean motion | 14.68 |
| Epoch | 25 January 2015, 03:12:11 UTC |
| Main Instrument | |
| Wavelengths | 12900 - 13200 cm−1/ 5800 - 6400 cm−1/ 4800 - 5200 cm−1/ 700 - 1800 cm−1(FTS) |
| Resolution | 0.2 cm−1 (FTS) |
| Instruments | |
| TANSO-FTS - Infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometer TANSO-CAI - Thermal and Near-Infrared Sensor | |
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