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Satellite:
GOSAT
Satellite details
Acronym
GOSAT
Full name
Green-house gas Observing Satellite
Satellite Description
1st flight unit of the GOSAT programme.
Main missions: atmospheric chemistry.
Mass at launch
1750 kg
Dry mass
Power
3800 W
Data access link
https://data2.gosat.nies.go.jp
Data access information
All data access provided by National Institute for Environmental Studies
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
666 km
ECT
13:00 desc
Space agency
JAXA
, MOE
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
23 Jan 2009
EOL
≥2022
Last update:
2021-12-06
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
GOSAT
Acronym
Full name
TANSO-CAI
Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observations - Cloud and Aerosol Imager
TANSO-FTS
Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observations - Fourier Transform Spectrometer
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
GOSAT
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed