Earth Observation Satellites from JAXA

Agency Name Full

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

CEOS Member

yes

Agency Country

Japan

Agency Website

www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html

Agency Mission Timeline

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Current Missions

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Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
Aqua	04 May 2002	Sep 2026	AIRS, AMSR-E, AMSU-A, CERES, HSB, MODIS
GOSAT	23 Jan 2009	Dec 2025	TANSO-CAI, TANSO-FTS
GCOM-W	18 May 2012	Dec 2025	AMSR2
GPM Core	27 Feb 2014	Sep 2026	DPR, GMI
ALOS-2	24 May 2014	Dec 2025	CIRC, PALSAR-2, SPAISE2 (AIS)
GCOM-C	23 Dec 2017	Dec 2025	SGLI
GOSAT-2	29 Oct 2018	Dec 2025	TANSO-CAI-2, TANSO-FTS-2
EarthCARE	28 May 2024	31 May 2027	ATLID, BBR (EarthCARE), CPR (EarthCARE), MSI (EarthCARE)
ALOS-4	01 Jul 2024	30 Jun 2031	PALSAR-3, SPAISE3 (AIS)

Approved Missions

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Planned Missions

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Mission	Launch	EOL		Instrument(s)
AOS-PMM	2030	2034		JAXA Ku-Band Doppler Radar, SAPHIR-NG

Considered Missions

None.

Completed Missions

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
GMS-3	03 Aug 1984	22 Jun 1995	-
MOS-1	19 Feb 1987	29 Nov 1995	MESSR, MSR, VTIR
GMS-4	06 Sep 1989	01 Jun 1995	DCS (JAXA), GMS Comms, VISSR (GMS-4)
MOS-1B	07 Feb 1990	17 Apr 1996	DCS (JAXA), MESSR, MSR, VTIR
JERS-1	11 Feb 1992	12 Oct 1998	JERS-1 Comms, L-band SAR, OPS
GMS-5	18 Mar 1995	01 Jun 2005	DCS (JAXA), GMS Comms, VISSR (GMS-5)
ADEOS	17 Aug 1996	30 Jun 1997	ADEOS Comms, AVNIR, ILAS, IMG, NSCAT, OCTS, POLDER, RIS, SEM (JAXA), TOMS
TRMM	27 Nov 1997	08 Apr 2015	CERES, LIS, PR, TMI, VIRS
ADEOS-II	14 Dec 2002	25 Oct 2003	ADEOS Comms, AMSR, GLI, ILAS-II, POLDER-2, SeaWinds
ALOS	24 Jan 2006	22 Apr 2011	AVNIR-2, PALSAR, PRISM
ISS/JEM	10 Sep 2009	19 Jan 2011	CIRC (ISS/JEM), SMILES
ALOS-3	07 Mar 2023	07 Mar 2023	OPS (Pan, Multi)

Operational Instruments

Prototype Instruments

None.

Instruments Being Developed

Instrument	Mission(s)
AMSR3	GOSAT-GW
CPR (EarthCARE)	ESA Future Missions, EarthCARE
JAXA Ku-Band Doppler Radar	AOS-PMM
MOLI Imager	MOLI-on-ISS
MOLI Lidar	MOLI-on-ISS
PALSAR-3	ALOS-4
TANSO-3	GOSAT-GW

Approved Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
SPAISE3 (AIS)	ALOS-4

Proposed Instruments

None.

TBD Instruments

None.

No Longer Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
ADEOS Comms	ADEOS, ADEOS-II
AMSR	ADEOS-II
AMSR-E	Aqua
AVNIR	ADEOS
AVNIR-2	ALOS
CIRC (ISS/JEM)	ISS/JEM
DCS (JAXA)	GMS-4, MOS-1B, GMS-5
GLI	ADEOS-II
GMS Comms	GMS-4, GMS-5
ILAS	ADEOS
ILAS-II	ADEOS-II
IMG	ADEOS
JERS-1 Comms	JERS-1
L-band SAR	JERS-1
MESSR	MOS-1B, MOS-1
MSR	MOS-1B, MOS-1
OCTS	ADEOS
OPS	JERS-1
OPS (Pan, Multi)	ALOS-3
PALSAR	ALOS
POLDER	ADEOS
POLDER-2	ADEOS-II
PR	TRMM
PRISM	ALOS
RIS	ADEOS
SEM (JAXA)	ADEOS
SMILES	ISS/JEM
TOMS	Meteor-3 N5, TOMS-EP, ADEOS, NIMBUS-7, QuikTOMS
VISSR (GMS-4)	GMS-4
VISSR (GMS-5)	GMS-5
VTIR	MOS-1B, MOS-1