Objectives and Applications
An earth observation satellite acquiring global-scale observation data such as maritime meteorological conditions, atmospheric ozone, and gases that promote global warming.
Full Name
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
aka Midori
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
17 Aug 1996
Mission Links
EOL Date
30 Jun 1997
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
100.92 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.59 deg
Orbit Altitude
797 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:50
Repeat Cycle
41 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
ADEOS Comms - Communications package for ADEOS |
| AVNIR - Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometor |
| ILAS - Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer |
| IMG - Inferometric Monitor of Greenhouse gases |
| NSCAT - NASA Scatterometer |
| OCTS - Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner |
| POLDER - POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances |
| RIS - Retroreflector in Space |
| SEM (JAXA) - Space Environment Monitor (JAXA) |
| TOMS - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | ILAS, POLDER |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | POLDER |
| Ozone | ILAS, TOMS |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | ILAS, TOMS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | IMG |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | AVNIR, POLDER |
| Landscape topography | AVNIR |
| Vegetation | AVNIR, POLDER |
| Surface temperature (land) | IMG |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AVNIR, POLDER |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | OCTS |
| Ocean topography/currents | OCTS |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | OCTS |
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