[Source: ESA Earthnet Online, http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5096]
GOSAT (Greenhouse gases Observing Satellite) is a JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) mission within the GCOM (Global Change Observation Mission) program of Japan. The GOSAT mission goals call for the study of the transport mechanisms of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).
The emphasis is on atmospheric monitoring to clarify the sources and sinks of CO2 on a sub-continental scale. The overall mission objective is to contribute to environmental administration by estimating the Green House Gases (GHGs) source and sink on a sub-continental scale and to support the Kyoto protocol that was adsorbed at COP3/UNFCCC (3rd session of the conference in the framework of climate change) in 1997. The protocol calls for a reduction of greenhouse gases, in particular CO2; it requires all parties to reduce their emissions by 5% below the level of the year 1990, for the period of 2008-2012
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: GOSAT
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Short_Name: GOSAT
Long_Name: Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: IBUKI
Short_Name: 2009-002A
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: TANSO-FTS
Short_Name: TANSO-CAI
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 666 km
Repeat_Cycle: 3 days
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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Creation_Date: 2010-08-24
Online_Resource: http://www.gosat.nies.go.jp/index_e.html
Online_Resource: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gosat/index_e.html
Online_Resource: https://data.gosat.nies.go.jp/GosatUserInterfaceGateway/guig/GuigPage/open.do
Online_Resource: http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5096
Sample_Image: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gosat/img/photo-1_goast.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 2009-01-23
Launch_Site: Tanegashima Island, Japan
Primary_Sponsor: JP/JAXA
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