Objectives and Applications
Observation of greenhouse gases and understanding of water cycle mechanisms
Full Name
Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
JAXA
, MOE (Japan), NIES (Japan)
Launch Date
TBD
Mission Links
EOL Date
Mar 2032
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98.18 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.06 deg
Orbit Altitude
666 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
13:30
Repeat Cycle
3 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AMSR3 - Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 |
| TANSO-3 - Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3 |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AMSR3 |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | AMSR3 |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | AMSR3 |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | TANSO-3 |
| Land | Soil moisture | AMSR3 |
| Vegetation | TANSO-3 |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | AMSR3 |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AMSR3 |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | AMSR3 |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AMSR3 |
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